I must be the only gardener in the world with garlic smaller than the cloves I planted last fall. Here’s how to grow some of this fine delicacy yourself.
- Plant your garlic a little later than you should, say maybe around December.
- For lack of a better spot, plant it in that empty bed under the pine tree.
- In March, regret planting your garlic under a pine tree and—although the garden literature is split 50/50 on whether it’s wise to move it—decide that you’re willing to risk it since yours is planted under a pine tree.
- Dig up ALL of your garlic instead of leaving half of it to hedge your bets.
- Carefully place your garlic in a plastic nursery pot and cover the delicate roots with a scoop of dirt so they don’t dry out while you get distracted by some other project for the entire month of April.
- Transplant your garlic to your new raised beds, and cut off the healthy green foliage so it doesn’t flop over and make your rows untidy.
- Be sure to companion plant your garlic beside your gargantuan broccoli to properly shade it from the sun.
- Wait all summer for your garlic to grow.
- Conclude at the end of August that you truly are a sorry gardener.
- Dig up your garlic and start over, skipping all of the steps above.
Dror is very happy that the sorry gardener is back. Very happy.
Ohhhhhhhh my.
I too, am so glad that the Sorry Gardener is back, happy sigh.
You forgot step # 1 – A Plant over 20 cloves, and only harvest 5.
Who knows what happened to the other 15, but the five I got were lovely.
Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams.
Oh, and Bootsie did the draw, LOL.
So sorry you didn’t win, but it would be cheating if I switched winners….
This was a hoot! So glad you’re back.