If you’ve never planted garlic before, now is the time to give it a try. Garlic is a bulb that is planted in the fall and harvested the following summer. The steps are pretty simple:
- Acquire some garlic. Mine came from the garlic festival in Saugerties, NY. You can also find it at your local home and garden store or you can order it online.
- Separate the bulbs into cloves.
- Plant 2″-3″ apart in rows that are about 12″ apart.
- Label your rows (both ends).
- Wait for winter to come and go . . . harvest next summer

Break apart the bulb into cloves. Place the cloves in the rows. This will help you make sure you have enough space for all your garlic.

I use a wooden stake to plant the garlic. Not only does it make a small perfect hole that’s just the right depth, it also keeps vampires away!

It doesn’t look like much now but in the spring you’ll have a very gratifying crop of garlic growing.
You can find tips on how to harvest your garlic here.
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