Please join me in the back yard! Let's check out these photos of my garden, as I plant a crop I'll harvest next June/July.
I got some excellent garlic at the nearby "Garlicfest", which was in August. Of the 3 varieties, I'm going to plant 2.
The "Russian Red" strain. I got some nice big bulbs for planting.
You can plant individual cloves and they'll grow into full bulbs.
I love the patterns on the sides of the bulbs. Reminds me of wood grains, or maybe chestnuts.
That's some Tibetan garlic. A bit smaller, but I really liked the taste, and apparently it's a nice one to grow.
Really pretty colour on the inside of that one!
I broke up 2 of each strain, so I'd have a little more genetic variation in my garden patch.
Put them into containers and brought them to the garden.
I decided to plant along the back fences. Garlic needs to go about 3 inches down. It doesn't need fertilizer or water, just put it in with the pointy part facing up.
Here's a little clip to show you how I bury each clove:
I leave a few inches between each, so the cloves I had ended up spreading out across most of the back fences.
We're expecting a hard winter again this year, so I put some mulch over the garlic bulbs. I'll put some more over the entire garden once the leaves finish falling.
Garlic is a superfood, nutritionally. It grows with very little cost or care. And garlic defends your garden from pests!
Happy autumn, everybody. Get your bulbs in! :)
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