If you grow hardneck garlic, you’ll end up with scapes in late Spring/early Summer (full info here). A simple way to preserve them is to freeze them, viz:
Step 1: First, cut them up roughly.
![A bunch of green garlic scapes on a white cutting board. They are kind of like chives, only much thicker.](https://www.gwenfarsgarden.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20230611_142623s-Garlic-scapes-1024x768.jpg)
Step 2: Put them in a hand blender.
![The roughly cut up garlic scapes in the container of a small hand blender. This is before they have been blended.](https://www.gwenfarsgarden.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20230611_143439s-Garlic-scapes-before-blending-768x1024.jpg)
After they have been blended.
![The blended scapes in the container, which have been cut into very small fine pieces by the blender.](https://www.gwenfarsgarden.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20230611_143536s-Garlic-scapes-blended-768x1024.jpg)
Step 3: Scoop them into ice cube trays and then freeze.
![The blended scapes have been spooned into individual ice-cube tray sections.](https://www.gwenfarsgarden.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20230611_144451s-Garlic-scapes-for-freezer-768x1024.jpg)
Once frozen, you can just pop out as many as you need at a time.
FYI: yes, you can make garlic scape pesto, but I just wanted to show a lower spoon way of preserving your garlic scapes.
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