GOURMET GARLIC SHOP
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Welcome to our on-line garlic shop…
GARLIC SHOP IS NOW CLOSED until next season (late November approx.).
We are 100% SOLD OUT of 2009 garlic.
Join our newsletter mailing list to be notified when our harvest is approaching and our delectable garlic is ready for your purchase.
Thank you so much for your support this season and big thanks for all the lovely emails and positive feedback. We truly appreciate the feedback and the time you've taken to write or call.
Our gorgeous gourmet garlic will be back late this year. The 2010 crop is expected ready for dispatch approx. early-mid December. We will keep those subscribed to the newsletter/mailing list well informed and the website updated.
We are trialling a new variety this season with the hope of being able to supply you with quality organic garlic further into the cooler months.
This shop is a newish service, on which we have worked very hard to create a pleasurable and efficient online shopping experience for you. Your feedback is highly appreciated and essential if we are to ensure high standards and customer satisfaction, so please share with us your thoughts and suggestions about this new service as well as the garlic itself. The online shop is open during garlic season which runs approximately from late November until May or earlier, as soon as our gorgeous gourmet garlic is sold out. You can now place orders via the online shop, payment is with credit or bank debit card via Paypal.
N.B. We do not have credit card/EFT facilities ourselves (ONLY via Paypal), so we can not process credit/EFT transactions outside of the Paypal facility within the online shop.
If you are a Daylesford/Glenlyon area local and wish to order and pick up from the farm, avoiding post and packing charges, please contact us with your order details and to arrange alternative payment (Pre-orders only secured after payment- thanks)- N.B. it is NOT possible to order via this online shop without paying p&h.
Join our newsletter mailing list to be notified when our harvest is approaching and our delectable garlic is ready for your purchase each annual season.
Growing garlic is one of the best and most enjoyable moves we’ve ever made. We’re very proud of our garlic and delight in being able to share with you this product, grown lovingly with integrity. We are thrilled with the splendid feedback we have received from so many customers. THANK YOU!
Our Garlic
Our gorgeous gourmet garlic owes its piquant and rich depth of flavour to being grown under ideal climatic conditions with our long, cold, wet winters here in the Central Victorian Highlands. The fertile, red volcanic soils of Angelica Organic Farm and our ardently employed biological growing methods further guarantee the quality and heartiness of our garlic. Angelica Organic Farm garlic is produced almost entirely by hand – planted, mulched, weeded, harvested, cured, trimmed, cleaned, plaited and packed by hand. The best quality control from seed to sale!The 2009 crop was a red rocambole variety, a hard-necked purple, early season type. Rocamboles are renowned for their excellent, strong flavour, glamorous red-purple skins and single circle of 6-12 plump cloves.
Our garlic is also suitable for planting in your garden. Please note however, that we are NOT able to supply bulk or wholesale quantities of 'seed' or planting garlic stock; we are simply not a large enough farm. Our focus is to grow premium quality, gourmet garlic for direct sale as food to home cooks and chefs. We are NOT commercial planting stock growers/suppliers or set up to do so. You will find our garlic prices competitive with if not cheaper than many seed suppliers for your home garden planting needs. In Victoria and other cold regions, plant your garlic by April.
We chose garlic as a major crop because we adore it and along with many other folk we’ve met, believe it to be a must-have basic ingredient within a fulfilled culinary life!
The Pretenders…Imported garlic dangers…
There has been quite a bit of coverage on the issue of inferior and toxin laden imported garlic over recent years for good reason. Ethical consumerism and fair trade are serious considerations. We have to ask ‘how our food is grown, at what price and who paid the real price?’Australia imports at least 90% of the garlic on store shelves from China and a certain amount from Argentina and Mexico too. This ‘flood’ of cheap garlic began a decade or so ago and effectively destroyed our local garlic growing sector.
Growing garlic commercially is a labour intensive business, particularly when grown without using pesticides, fungicides and herbicides. So, China has become our largest supplier by forcing down its price through cheap labour, harsh working conditions and substandard farming practises. We need to understand the difference between value and sustainability and price.
The bright white flawless looking Chinese garlic is bleached with chlorine. Most concerning is that Chinese garlic is still being grown using chemicals banned in Australia long ago and it is reported that raw human sewage has be used as fertiliser. To be able to allow it into our country, the quarentine department, AQIS, fumigates every single bulb with methyl bromide, one of the world's most dangerous chemicals for human and environmental health. It is kept in cold storage and is often too old by the time it reaches our shelves, which is why it’s sprouting or spongy when you get it. It is also usually treated with growth retardant to prevent the sprouting. All of these applications denature the flavour, freshness and goodness of the garlic leaving you with a pitiful tasting pretender!
Whether you're looking for flavour or health benefits from your garlic, the key is freshness. Once the clove has begun sprouting, much of the sulphurous energy has gone into producing the shoot and the clove has lost most of its potency.
ENQUIRIES
2009 Garlic 100% SOLD OUT!!For other enquiries and notification yearly of the new season's crop...
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO LET US KNOW YOUR CONTACT DETAILS
We can then advise you as soon as Angelica Organic Farm’s new season crop is available.
As a general guide, our garlic is ready for dispatch around early-mid December until sold out!
Australia Post reliably delivers to capital cities from Daylesford P.O. within 3 days of dispatch and most rural areas within 4 days. Standard Post can take at least 5 days to deliver to more remote areas, so we recommend you select Express Post for mid to Far Nth Qld, NT and Outback deliveries when placing your order to ensure your garlic arrives in good shape. Please see our full TERMS & CONDITIONS of orders and sales.
We post all orders weekly on Tuesdays, except for public holidays. Orders must be received by Sunday 5pm AEST for dispatch the following working Tuesday. Please see our full TERMS & CONDITIONS of orders and sales.
General enquiries and feedback are also welcome- thank you.
