Beginner Gardening: Garlic!, 1 by Dann_L

Dann_L wrote:
I posted this in the Beginner Vegetable discussions because, although I have more than a few years experience in backyard vegetable gardens, this is the first year that I gave any serious effort to growing a garlic crop. In years past I have planted a few cloves of grocery store garlic and for a multitude of reasons was never successful. This year a fellow DG'er, MaryMcP, purchased an 8 variety sampler and shared it with me. It was somewhat expensive (my share was $24 for 8 bulbs) so I wanted to make sure I did everything right. There were garlic planting instructions that came with the sampler that were very easy to follow. The result was 66 out of 67 cloves planted grew successfully. I have made the first harvest this week and will probably harvest the rest in another week or so.

Our sampler came from gourmet garlic gardens dot com. There is a bunch of interesting things on garlic and garlic growing at this website. I also gleaned one of the most valuable tips from a comment that Horseshoe made in another thread some where about harvesting garlic when the tops are yellow not brown. Very timely and right on the mark. Thank you Shoe!

The point is that if you haven't tried to grow garlic yet don't be afraid to try it! With a few tips it's easy to do successfully.

Here's a couple of pic's of the 4 varieties I've harvested so far. Some I'll save to plant next season and of course the rest are headed for the pantry! :o)

This message was edited May 26, 2008 9:13 AM