Getting garlic in the ground
We’re at that awkward juncture where we don’t yet have a garden laid out here at our new house, but there are some things that must be planted to thrive. Specifically, garlic.
Garlic, as you know, must be planted in the fall (at least in northern areas) so it can overwinter in the ground and produce strongly in the spring. One year I planted it in the spring and had a dismal harvest. Planting in the fall produces amazing abundance.
In the chaos of moving out of our last home, I ran out of time to plant garlic. The new woman of the house is an avid gardener – the tire garden was one of the attractions of the place for her – so I left her 150 cloves of garlic so she could get them planted at her convenience. I also took with me one and a half heads of the garlic I’ve cultivated for so many years, so I could plant it in our new home.
It’s now over halfway through January, but I knew I could still plant it at least for propagation purposes. Except, I had no where it could go. I thought about just planting it in gallon-sized pots, but even those are still stashed in the barn at our old place.
But in front of our house, incongruously, is a water tank half-filled with dirt and topped with wood chips.
Don suggested I plant the garlic in here, which seemed as good a place as any.
From the head-and-a-half…
…I got 14 cloves.
Using a butter knife, I levered these into the dirt beneath the wood chips.
And there you have it, the extent of my gardening endeavors so far in our new home. Of course, whatever grows will be used solely for planting again next fall, as I rebuild our inventory of seed garlic.
After all, it’s not like we’re short of canned garlic in this house.
Source: http://www.rural-revolution.com/2021/01/getting-garlic-in-ground.html
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