basqueNone available in 2020, crop shortage A rare treat an heirloom Turban variety coming from the continent of Europe, most specifically the Navarre region of Euskara the Basque country, where a pre Indo European language still survives. The Basque are great explorers who plied the Atlantic and made some of the earliest explorations of North America in search of cod. Who knows how and when this Turban got brought home in their trading. I watched Anthony

but I've found out that it's originally transcribed Lokalen

and I carefully store my garlic (my own seed stock

creamy roasted texture makes it a pleasure to add to buttered smashed potatoes

but I've only ever grown this type that has turned out to be Silverskin

The plants hold well in the ground and size up even in challenging Junes and Julys

After losing the weaker cloves

From the Calabria region in Italy

it's /bzenets/ (listen here)

robust pool of genetics

and it helped open my eyes to how truly unique each variety can be

From the very far east of Siberia

that "snow makes a weird crunch noise" kind of cold