At the local Saturday farmers market, scapes with the blossom ends left on sell for $3 a bundle with 5-10 in a bundle, depending on size.

Sometimes a vendor who has a lot of one or two things will trade out with you to get more diverse offerings on their table, which makes people linger longer. The scapes would need to be clean and pretty, ready to sell.

I sell scapes at the farmers market. I bunch about 10-12 with a twist tie (about 1/4 lb) and sell them for $1.50.. Elephant garlic is bunched in half pound bundles and sells for $2.50.
With the amount I grow there's no way I can sell all the scapes, so many of them just end up in the field. The wholesale market around here is flooded this time of year but some lucky growers get $4-5 /lb for them.

-Mark

Thanks for the information, I had no idea how to price these. Will see what the buyer thinks is fair, but so happy not to be throwing them on the compost heap.

Our farmers market is very strict and vendors are only allowed to sell what they grow themselves. No one can afford to be kicked out as it is the only show in town.

I tried giving them away at work, but got NO takers. We are a bit behind here, what can I say? Will have a dehydrator within the next year and will make garlic powder if and when I move on it.

This post was edited by still_kris on Mon, May 26, 14 at 8:26

Some people know what to do with scapes but most don't. Every other customer I have to explain what to do with them.
Asides from the basic stir fry suggestion, I also tell people to put 4-5 in a blender with oil, vinegar, water and herbs. Salad dressing seems like something everyone likes, and then sometimes they buy a bag of salad too.

Anyway, you can lead a horse to water............

Garlic powder seems like a good idea, I've never tried it with the scapes. I've pickled some but they're only so-so.

Good luck Kris

hello Kris, are there any chinese, korean or japanese stores/restaurants near where you live? scapes are well known and used in Asian cooking. you could also take Mark's suggestion to the next step and prepare a jar each of scape dressing and scape pesto so that folks can taste it - the pesto is great as a spread on sandwiches or in a crusty french loaf with scrambled eggs and cheese and of course with pasta:) am most envious, winter down this end of the world and just had our first snow to ground level yesterday.

I cut my extra scapes into half-inch pieces, steam blanch them for 3-4 minutes, until the color changes, and then freeze them. Great on pizza.

I do not participate in any farmers markets so selling "wholesale" is what I need to do. I am tired of explaining things to people who do not listen, to be honest, so would rather not rub elbows with the general public.

I processed some scapes, combined them with butter, seasonings and Romano cheese and used it on bread. Worked pretty well. Would be good with pasta, too.

Yesterday I oven-roasted scapes as one would asparagus--REALLY REALLY good. I may not be getting rid of as many scapes as I had thought. Could eat the oven-roasted ones every day.

If you are in Northern California, there could be some sizable Asian supermarket chains like 99 Ranch Market nearby. They may well want those.

The Asian supermarket chains in my area (Los Angeles) sell garlic greens and scapes when available and seen to do pretty good business on those.

This post was edited by DHLCAL on Wed, May 28, 14 at 23:43

If you are in Northern California, there could be some sizable Asian supermarket chains like 99 Ranch Market nearby. They may well want those.

I am in the extreme northern part of coastal CA. No Asian markets here, very few Asians as well.

2 million acres and 140,000 people--the sticks.