Customer Testimonials
from Dick McDougall, Mother Earth Farm, Spokane, WA 4/07/08 You guys have a fantastic product and very high quality. We are extremely happy with our tremendously plentiful and really high quality harvest this last season. As long as you have seed, we will be a loyal supportive customer. Many people have enjoyed and savored the bounty from Hood River Garlic's seed and our farm.
First testimonial of 2008;
from Craig McClung, Anna Ford Farm, Mineral, VA 3/07/08
With the last several days in the 60's and 70's and 40's at night the garlic is sprouting great! It looks like every bulb sprouted..
from Saundra Ruzbasan, Unionville,Connecticut; 11/04/07
As a newcomer to garlic growing I found your web site to be so informative.We purchased a variety of your garlic's for our New England Garden to see what would grow best .I E-mailed you periodically throughout the growing season and was always so impressed with your timely responses.We grew some local Ct. garlic and yours. All our friends were so impressed with size and form. I know I would have won if I entered local fairs. Taste,Oh my...Have pickled,bottled with olive oil and now am going to dehydrate for garlic powder, thanx to your web site. The cloves were so nice that we replanted some. p.s.Chopping up scapes and putting with a little water into an ice cube tray is great for marinades, soup, dips etc. (see garlic recipes for Saundra's recipe)
from Lex, Norwalk, Connecticut; 10/09/07
"You guys have the best seed garlic I have ever seen, bar none and I have ordered from MANY places over the years. I am very interested to see what I pull up next July. I actually received some Chesnok Red from another grower a week ago, a few days after receiving your stock for the first time. Yikes! I was so disappointed with the size and quality of their product compared to yours that I went immediately to my computer and ordered the same amount of Chesnok from you guys. Fuggetaboutit. The competition has been banished to the kitchen as I am out of last year’s crop already. (I made an awful lot of hot sauce this year.) I vowed then and there to buy all my stock from Hood River every year until you guys retire or the universe ends, whichever comes first."
from Tina Hume, Durham, Maine; 10/27/07
Your west coast garlic is being planted and enjoyed here in New England.
We have been very pleased with your seed garlic, we have not been able to get better garlic anywhere else.
from Wendy Mahmood, Corinth, Vermont; 9/25/07
"Thanks Terri! This year was my first experience with growing garlic and I can't say enough about how helpful your web site was for me! I planted 24 nice cloves and harvested 24 very nice bulbs of garlic, made 2 beautiful braids and I am thrilled. Needless to say, I ordered more! I received the order, it's beautiful and thank you! I'm going to show my neighbor the seed as I offered to order for her, or share your site...she already bought seed. Her bulbs this year were half the size of mine, so I'm hoping once she sees my bulbs and the seed that just arrived, she'll be a Hood River fan too! Thanks again! Have a great year."
from Jeff Firzlaff, Kent, Ohio; 9/06/07
"I have been growing garlic in my home garden for six years. I have purchased my seed stock locally and on the Internet in years past. I have to say that your garlic is hands down simply the best I have bought ever! The size of the heads and cloves is unbelievable. I suspect my harvest next year will be the best ever!"
from Teri Watson, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania; 8/28/07
"Wow, what beautiful garlic you have! I only hope to grow such lovely stuff!"
from Desmond Machuca, SeaTac, Washington; 8/24/07
"Thank you for the beautiful order of garlic you sent. What a nice job packaging, and I love your brochure and directions. Thank you for being so “green”! Our residents loved their gift of the two varieties of garlic and we all are anxious to see them sprout in the Spring."
from Loxi Faber, Danville, California; 9/02/07
"I recently received my shipment from you. The bulbs were so beautiful I couldn't wait to get them in the ground. Today is the day. I ripped out (early) everything that was left in my garden because I want to get to work. I was incredibly surprised to see what huge cloves each bulb had to offer. I have been buying garlic to plant for years, but NEVER have I seen such beautiful bulbs. What is the secret? I brought in 15 yards of veggie mix and put perlite and fertilizer with it and rototilled the heck out of it. I also bought 5 pounds of red earthworms, though I found out that we have HUGE night crawlers. So my soil is good, I think. Do you have any suggestions to increase the size of my normally small bulb size? I live in the foothills in the bay area. Zone 10, my friend lives in Hamilton, Montana and wins first prize every year with her garlic. How do you do it?"
from Ruth, Washington; 10/27/07
The garlic arrived and looks great. I'm very happy to have found your business and will be sure to buy from you again and recommend you to friends.
from Tom Klatka, Roanoke, Virginia; 9/06/07
"Your garlic seed is wonderful! Last year was the first year we ordered from Hood River. My wife, Ferri, found your web site and we liked the idea of a family-based company. We placed an order, then good weather teamed with your excellent seed garlic produced our best crop ever!!"
from Amanda Lawson, Asheville, North Carolina; 8/06/07
"I have really appreciated the personal service from ya'll. I live in Asheville, NC and just harvested about 100 heads of organic garlic from seed I got from Hood River! Delicious! Thanks for doing what you do."
from Elizabeth Barnard, Excelior, Minnesota; 7/26/07
"I look forward to enjoying your delicious garlic. We really loved the Susanville we tried last year, and can't wait to try some other varieties."
from Tom K, The Bay Area, California; 10/26/07
"It was such a pleasure dealing with you, I will certainly be ordering from you again. It’s customer service like you provided that make me come back and buy regardless of whether I could find it cheaper garlic seed elsewhere! I felt like my tiny order was really important to you. Thanks again, I can hardly wait for harvest!"
from Liz O'Connor, Buffalo, New York; 7/26/07
"I received my (garlic mincer) order yesterday! Thanks! Even nicer looking than in the photo and the color is great too! It's much larger than I had expected, can't wait to use it! Thank you too for the garlic sample!"
from Beth Deene, Stockton, New Jersey; 7/24/07
"I bought some garlic at a farmer's market that had been grown from your seed stock, so I am really excited to grow some of my own. You'll be seeing an order from me soon!"
Jamie Mirabito, Ringoes, New Jersey; 6/19/07
"Just wanted to let you know the seed garlic varieties we'd ordered from you are doing splendidly! Can't wait to harvest and get them to our market customers--big, beautiful, fragrant heads. Yumm! My question is: do you have any recipes for using the garlic scapes? (Click here to find out!) I'd like to sell those too, but have never used them myself. Many thanks and keep up the terrific work."
from Deron and Carin Moore, Texas; 6/12/07
"We at the BlackLand Prairie Family Farm wanted to send you a great big thank you for your help and guidance for our first year of growing garlic in the Texas heat and humidity. I wanted to let you know the crop is a big hit at the farmers market. We had great success many of the bulbs are quite large and overall the crop is in great shape. Our customers love the garlic and are buying as fast as we can dry it and bring it to market. The quality of your seed garlic speaks for it self it was fantastic and provided great results. This year we grew your Red Toch and Susanville. Thank you again and I hope your season is progressing as well as ours."
from Dave Hawley, Minnesota; 9/12/06
"I live in the lower half of Minnesota, what type of seed will flourish best in the climate I live in? You came highly recommended by an acquaintance of mine at the U of M here in Minneapolis. I look forward to purchasing some of your seed for home use."
from Don Womack, Boston, Massachusetts; 6/26/06
"I wanted you to know that I just spent the last half hour going through your web site and found it to be impressive and full of good information. I started growing garlic here in Massachusetts about two years ago and have had some pretty good success. This year's crop will prove to me whether I can consistently grow garlic or not!! I've been a gardener for a very long time but had never grown garlic before. Thanks for a very informative web site on growing garlic."
from Richard Tanksley, Atlanta, GA; 10/03/07
"Wahooooo! This has been the best gift I ever received."
This reply was sent after emailing Rich that his Garlic of The Month was on it's way.
from Tami Gray-Stipe,
Milwaukie, Oregon; 6/22/06
"You did a fantastic job with your visual calendar by the way. It was one of the most simple and yet detailed pieces of information that I have viewed with regards to the growing of anything. Thank you for your professionalism and kindness."
from Pat and Shellie Ringer, Moxee Wa; 3/31/07
hello this is Pat from Moxee Wa. and I'm excited to say I have 100% of the Garlic coming up........Thanks so much.....Pat and Shellie
