Planting Garlic

It rained here all morning...but this afternoon the sun came out and it was really nice and warm, finally! I got the garlic bed weeded and loosened the soil....it has Great Soil, it's just compost and old manure....




I strung lines around the bed, mostly so we will know to Not walk on it for the rest of this season.

I started planting the cloves, I had 100 of them set aside. 9 to a row, about 6 - 8 inches apart.


I always leave the former row (or two) exposed so I can try to plant in a straight line....it's a quirk I have. I've learned to embrace it! Sometimes details are really important to me, lol....I dunno



The soil here is so easy to work with, I easily pushed the cloves down several inches. Plant the cloves with the tip pointed UP.




And after I did that, I got a wheelbarrow full of my leftover compost and liberally sprinkled that on top.

I shouldn't have to do anything more to this bed until late-August next year, when I will harvest again. Except weed, I will have to weed.....every year, I try to be more conscientious about weeding....arrrrg.

Hah! I got so involved with planting, I got down on my knees...that doesn't happen often! Guess these gotta go in the washer!

And here's the garlic braid I made the other day.....today I had to take 4 heads off of it, because I didn't have quite enuf for the planting I did today....so I think I have a total of 140 plants that should come up next year! Roasted garlic, yummmmmmy!!!

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