Garlic planting time

I now have 120 cloves of garlic planted, which will hopefully mean 120 head of garlic.

Now is the time to get garlic in the ground to ensure they have enough time to fatten up before it gets too cold. Hopefully we're not already too late, because it has been mighty frosty here lately!

Start by selecting some good eating garlic. You could buy garlic from the nursery for planting or from your local grocer. A nice organic garlic is good, but aim for locally grown garlic. Imported garlic has been sprayed and may not grow as well, if at all.

Carefully separate the garlic cloves, making sure to leave the papery covering in place and not damaging the base of the bulb. Tuck the bulbs into prepared soil leaving just the top pointy bit poking out. You could plant garlic in rows around garden beds or in with your roses (natural protection from aphids for the roses). I prefer to plant a block patch of garlic and rotate the bed that they are in each year.