{"id":5650,"date":"2012-09-01T10:11:41","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T16:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=5650"},"modified":"2013-10-12T16:17:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-12T22:17:40","slug":"planting-garlic-helps-a-gardener-deal-with-pre-winter-gloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/planting-garlic-helps-a-gardener-deal-with-pre-winter-gloom\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting Garlic Helps a Gardener Deal with Pre Winter Gloom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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soft neck garlic for fall planting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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This is the time of year when I am beginning to think about how much time I have until the first frost.<\/strong> There will be a break from weeds growing, insects, and lawn mowing, but the price is that the bulk of the garden will die or disappear. \u00a0Being able to, actually needing to, plant garlic, <\/em>gives me a glimpse of the promise of spring.<\/p>\n

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There are laws disallowing shipping of garlic from out of state, but, thankfully, the local garden nurseries have been getting some to sell the last few years.<\/strong> \u00a0I just purchased mine from Greenhurst Nursery in Nampa and planted it last night. \u00a0The nursery provided an excellent one sheet planting guide, which I hole-punched and put in my garden journal.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

I chose soft neck garlic this year because I want to learn to braid it for storage.<\/strong> \u00a0This youtube video is a great demonstration of how to do this: How to Braid Softneck Garlic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Garlic should be planted in the fall if you want time for it to grow into full sized bulbs to be harvested the following summer.<\/strong>\u00a0 Clearing an area for planting it is good incentive to get a head start on some fall clean-up.<\/em> \u00a0I already had a garden bed empty, so only needed to pull a few small weeds, and had the four bulbs planted in half an hour. \u00a0Since our weather here has begun to cool down quite a bit, I’m planting it a little earlier than the recommended mid-September due to scheduling issues. \u00a0It can be planted as late as the end of October. (It should be planted 2-3 inches deep, or until covered. \u00a0Some sources recommend about 6-8 inches apart or enough to be able to get a tool between them to \u00a0dig them when mature. Make sure to keep the pointed end up.)<\/em><\/p>\n

I stuck a metal garden label at the beginning of the rows and marked the ends of them with bamboo sticks.<\/strong>\u00a0I don’t want to lose them, but I usually see green tops in a couple of weeks. \u00a0I just need to remind myself that it isn’t grass like weeds when I’m doing other fall clean-up. \u00a0I have been know to accidentally weed out some of my seedlings before.<\/em> \u00a0It’s pretty depressing… \u00a0I am also making note in my garden journal of how many bulbs I planted, so that I will know how to adjust that to get the crop size I want the following year. \u00a0I am already wondering if I want to go get a couple more bulbs and finish off the rows. \u00a0It didn’t turn out to plant as much as I thought it would. \u00a0(The raised bed in the photos is 16 feet long and 4 feet wide.)<\/p>\n

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garlic bulbs in shallow trench for fall planting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So, there they all are, little bundles of hope for spring<\/em>, giving off a sweet, pungent smell that makes me want some dinner. If all goes well, I should be able to save some of the bulbs to plant next fall, without having to buy any.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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garlic bulbs covered with a light mulch of grass clippings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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