For about five years now, I have been harvesting our garlic scapes and making garlic scape pesto ( see our article with the recipe ). This is the first year I've harvested leek scapes, although I've been growing leeks for several years and have noticed they develop a flower on top, similar to garlic and onions. Last year, I observed that our local natural foods grocery store, Country Aire, had bundles of leek scapes for sale in their produce section. At the time, I hadn't known that the flower and stem of a leek are called a scape, similar to garlic, so when I saw the sign on the basket of leek scapes in the store, I was super excited and decided that I would harvest my leek scapes the following year (which is now) and make something with them. Above is my harvest. The tall, long scapes at the front are from leeks. Behind the leeks are the curly garlic scapes. Only hardneck garlic varieties produce a scape. You should always harvest garlic scapes when they are still curled,...