The title sounds like a Gothic novel, but the garlic scapes--that tall, curly stem containing a potential garlic flower--are ready to be trimmed. The scapes can be used to add garlic flavor to recipes. In fact, Martha Stewart cans them. However, they are a valuable source of strong-smelling deterent. I place them around my tomatoes and other plants I want to rescue from the appetites of critters. Sometimes the flowers still bloom and self-seed, which means that I get a patch of mini-garlic that I can use like chives next spring. Who knew garlic could be so amazing?
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