Then they looked out at the 2½ acres, now dubbed Deep Roots Farm, and saw it was too small to run cattle but just the right size to grow garlic. In 2015, they planted their first crop, 2,500 garlic plants for the 2016 season. Like tulips, garlic is planted in the fall. (Deep Root Farms Facebook)While Canada is not a major player in the garlic market, local garlic is seeing a lot of interest in recent years. Part of the interest is a result of the local food movement, another is more people cooking at home and wanting good tasting food, Visscher said.

Source: CBC News November 05, 2020 15:56 UTC