From Gilroy, California to the Basque region in Spain, people
throughout the world are gathering in growing numbers to celebrate one
of the World's Most Potent and Flavorful Herbs: Garlic.
Garlactica 2008
was the First Annual Sandhill Farms Garlic Festival. It was a full moon event
organized to celebrate and honor Garlic in the mountains of northern
Utah.
On the full moon of July 18, 2008 over 100 guests gathered at Sandhill
Farms in Eden, Utah to celebrate Garlactica 2008: the First Annual
Sandill Farms Garlic Festival. Local families and Utah visitors alike
enjoyed a Garlic potluck of baked bulbs, sauteed scapes and farm fresh
salads. The local band, Chronic Layover, gave guests an excuse to
dance out their garlic excitement. As the moon rose above the calm
waters of Pineview Resevoir, garlic guests headed to the vibrant
mountain valley fields to harvest the summer season's bulbs.
Garlactica will now become an annual Garlic Festival in the Ogden Valley of northern Utah.
Sandhill Farms is a garlic, herb and vegetable farm located in
Eden, Utah. We incorporate ecological growing practices and are working
towards a USDA Organic certification. We specialize in growing top
quality, hand crafted gourmet garlic - over 15 varieties are currently
curing in the barn - some purple striped, some mild and buttery, some
aphrodisiastically hot and firey. Our garlic is available in bulk
directly from the farm, in local markets in Eden, Utah and beginning in
mid-August will be available at Whole Foods Market in Salt Lake City.
For home gardeners interested in growing your own medicinal and
culinary herb, we also have Seed Garlic available for this fall. In the
Rocky Mountains, Garlic is planted in late September - late October, is
mulched heavily and rests beneath the snow until the Spring thaw.
Please contact Pete as early as possible to order your Sandhill Farms
Seed Garlic.
