Your comment was exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you so much. I often wonder why I keep doing this – or if anybody out there actually reads it – or if I should switch to Substack or some other free platform. So this year I decided to challenge myself to journal what is happening every month. For me. I hope someone else will like it, too. So far, I’ve done 3x more than last year! Ha!

As for garlic – I no longer grow it on a commercial scale, but I am always open to questions (I have a lot, too – questions, not garlic). You have me stumped — there are so many different stressors, and maybe something took a bite and the plant tried to seal off the wound? That’s just a wild guess. One of my favorite sites about garlic is the Rasa Creek Farm out of Lumby, BC. I checked their site and didn’t see anything that fit your description. Aphids can leave a sticky substance on leaves, but you’d probably know if it were aphids. Please let me know if you figure this mystery out!!!

I’m not sure if you have covered garlic problems again since your original article in August 2012, but if you’re still open for questions, I have one that I couldn’t find an answer to:
My garlic “bleeds” resin from the leaves. At least that’s what it looks like to my untrained eye. It’s incredibly sticky y yellow/golden, dries up and seems to originate from the bud of the freshest leaf.