Did you know that mid to late October is the perfect time to plant garlic at least here in the Midwest. A fall planting will allow you to harvest your garlic mid summer. In our home the garlic will then be dried and turned into garlic powder which is a staple here.
The first thing you want to do after deciding where you want your garlic to be planted is to turn up the soil getting rid of as many weeds as possible. My son volunteered to help me out for this job.
You will then want to get some garlic to plant. For the first year you can purchase regular garlic at the grocery store this will work just fine. For the following years it is a common practice to save some of your new garlic to plant in the fall. So in theory with a little time and effort you could only have to buy garlic your first year and every year after that is just free bonus garlic.
To get the garlic ready to be planted you first need to peel it and separate out the garlic cloves. Each of those bumps on the sides of your garlic is a clove and will produce a garlic plant.
This is what the cloves will look like when they are ready to be planted.
Make 1 inch deep holes approximately 3 inches apart.
Place 1 clove of garlic in each hole pointed side up.
Cover with loose top soil.
Layer with straw.
I will watch how the garlic progresses and provide follow ups this coming spring and summer.
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