Wild Garlic

Lovely scent from the wild garlic. The leaves can apparently be used in cooking, and it makes a fine display if only for a short time

 

I had been harvesting leaves on my walks for cooking with (not realising there was a small patch of it at the very bottom of my garden I've now transplanted that to a tub so I can keep an eye on it)

 

I've been trying to kill this stuff off for years - I like the look of it but it stinks, spreads like mad and it's an absolute nightmare to get rid of

Sorry, that sounded really "bah humbug"

 

LOL ..... it grows in my woodland where it is perfectly acceptable. I can imagine it being a pain in the a** anywhere else

 

Far from bah humbug - it is the truth. Invasive weed I'm afraid.

 

I don't mind the smell until it's been cut and then it's way to strong! The island is covered in it!

 

Hello,

Sorry to hijack this older thread, but I thought it might be better to revive than to start new

Anyway, my sister brought me a wild garlic bulb for my garden, which has been living in a pot so far (and I hope it's still alive ). I would like to plant it into a shady part of our allotment but I am unsure because from what I have learned wild garlic spreads like wild fire. I have an old bath tub that someone left in our allotment.

Do you think it might be a good idea to use this old tub to plant wild garlic, so it doesn't spread as much?

 

Definitely Mrs. Tea. You will be forever pulling it out like mint otherwise.

 

Hello Sheal,

Thanks for the advice. I will use the bathtub then. I remember planting mint in my tiny herb garden when I lived in my former house. The mint ended up everywhere! Never again - well at least not without proper boundaries.

Thanks again!

 

I'm not sure whether wild garlic self seeds, if it does you might find yourself in trouble with your fellow allotmenteers.

 

It self seeds like Mrs Self Seeder, from Self Seed Street, Selfseedtown, Selfseedshire. SS1 99SS.



Love the stuff

 

I have it at the bottom of the garden,me too i love it
Wish i could get shut of that woodruff thou

 

So it's a self seeder.. ooooh..

Sheal, I only have one allotment neighbour, and we were actually talking about wild garlic last year. She said she'd love some in her garden, so I don't want to hear complains if she gets some hahaha

Joolz, I'll have some of your woodruff

 

I don't know ... not been here two minutes and on the scrounge already

@MrsTea have a good think about what you need/want/would like and maybe put a post in the Wants List forum. Likewise, if you have anything you could swap or give away to another GC'er, you could post it in the Swaps/Freebies forum. That way, snippets like the above wish for woodruff won't get lost amongst other posts

 

Oh you caught me ... I thought it was such a subtle request .

No seriously, I wasn't being serious, but didn't bring it across, sorry!
I love woodruff, but I wouldn't have it, for spreading reasons.

But I will have a look at the Wants List and the Swaps/Freebies, maybe I have something that other people want! - thanks for the links!