I’m Growing Garlic!
tammy November 19th, 2008
I can not believe how incredibly easy it is to grow garlic! Just look at this little plot of land that I carefully mulched over with grass clippings. There is garlic planted in there, uh-huh, uh-huh… [doing the happy dance here]
Since I use garlic almost every time I cook, as well as in medicines, this is a major, major skill for me to know how to grow it myself. For some reason, I thought it was a very complicated thing and had never yet taken the time to look into it. But my herbal email buddy, Leslie, enlightened me a few weeks ago to how easy this is, so now I’ll spread the knowledge.
You only need to buy a bulb (or two or three or four) of organic garlic from the produce section of the grocery store. Break it apart into cloves, then plant each of the cloves about 4 inches apart, pointy side up.
Like most plants that grow from bulbs, you plant garlic in the Fall (I actually planted this a few weeks ago, late October, zone 7 Eastern U.S.). It is supposed to start sending up green shoots in the Spring, and by late Summer, early Fall there should be whole bulbs under the ground everywhere I planted a clove. Leslie says that when it sends up shoots you should pinch the flower heads off so it will keep its energy down in the ground to make those bulbs fat and juicy.
There are also lots of varieties of garlic that can be special ordered. Although I’ve not ordered garlic from them before, I have gotten good seed from Southern Exposure, and will probably try some of their garlic next year.
See, I told you it was easy! I think maybe anybody can grow garlic!
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You may already know this but I thought I would mention it in case. Those flower shoots are called scapes and make a most awesome pesto. I just love them!
Dear, thank you for sharing. Garlic is my ally and for sure I am going to grow it!