A hardhead & garlic

Last fall we planted 1 1/2 beds of garlic cloves!!  😃

 

I heard the instructions but decided 1/2 foot was too far apart.😏 Now as the garlic grows I realize I planted the garlic too close. 😲Now it's time to harvest. I am so nervous. It was my first try, I will do better next season. 😬

 

 

Just incase you are wondering how to grow garlic. 😜

 

        Yes, you simply plant garlic from a clove in the fall! 

• Break apart cloves from the bulb a few days before planting, but keep the papery husk on each individual clove.
• Plant cloves 4 to 8 inches apart and 2 inches deep, in their upright position (with the wider root side facing down and pointed end facing up). 
• Plant in rows spaced 6 to 12 inches apart. A single 10-foot row should yield about 5 pounds of the fragrant bulbs, depending on the variety.
• You harvest in summer, during the middle of the vegetable garden season, when there are the leavese began to turn brown and there are only 2-3 green leaves left.
  
• After you harvest and clean out the bed, you can plant another crop in the same bed

 

More information: https://www.almanac.com/plant/garlic or attend a NYBG fall planting workshop.