The end of the garden season is always a busy time of year. With children heading back to school and vegetables to harvest from the garden the days are full. While I am busy harvesting it is also the time of year to plant garlic.
I find that garlic is one of the more satisfying plants to grow in the garden. Once the garlic bulbs are planted there is not much more you have to do. Planting the garlic is very easy. Prepare your garden bed. Break the garlic bulbs into individual cloves.
I plant the hard necked garlic which does very well for me.
Plant each clove about 4 inches into the soil, about 5-6 inches apart. Cover lightly with soil. They should be far enough into the soil so the frost doesn’t push them up.
Once the garlic is planted mulch the garden bed with straw. Nothing else to do but wait until next summer when it’s time to harvest! In the meantime I’ll be enjoying the garlic I harvested this year!
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