It's that time of the year to plant garlic for next year's harvest. We decided this year to replant everything we grew this year,with the exception of a few cloves that we had already used. This coming year,if all grows well,we should have 50 garlic plants,so can sell some garlic next year.
Rick has been taking the compost out of our square foot boxes and putting it back into the compost pile,saving the boxes that have not succumbed to the weather as of yet. Our boxes have been hanging out in NH weather for four or five years now,so it's understandable that some have felt the strain of winter and rain. As I mentioned in a previous post,we are moving our boxes because they are in the are where our barn/grazing area is going to be. Since I had to plant the garlic now,Rick moved two boxes next to the strawberries and herbs and refilled them with compost. I took the heads of garlic and removed all the cloves. I had 50 cloves exactly.
Each clove should be two inches deep and 8" apart. The pointy part of the clove should face down into the dirt.
Push that little guy down two inches....
...and cover it up with compost
Give the cloves a good watering and then cover them with 2-3 of mulch. We used straw. You can use leaves,etc.
Now you wait until Spring when the shoots first start showing up through the mulch! Pretty easy,isn't it?
And the plants are pretty, too.
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