If you're wondering how to grow hard-neck garlic, it's important to remove and harvest the scapes, or flower stalks before they open. These curly stalks that grow out of the center of the garlic leaves in May or June can rob your garlic bulbs and heads of important reserves. Catherine demonstrates how to remove the garlic scape to enable your plant to produce big garlic bulbs. By removing the curly flower scapes and using them in your kitchen, you get a delicious gourmet vegetable and help your garlic grow better for its harvest.