Comments on: Planting Heirloom Garlic

By: LorOB

LorOB — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 17:26:21 +0000

Hi Matt; I was wandering how much sun light that this require? I was thinking of planting them along my fence, which means that they it is minimal to low sun.

By: Hanna at Orchid Care

Hanna at Orchid Care — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:12:39 +0000

I love cooking with garlic and so I started growing it annually about 6 years ago. I soon discovered that growing garlic is not only a wonderful asset for my kitchen, it also repels a variety of pesky bugs.

So, I now grow my garlic around the periphery of my veggie garden and all my other vegetables benefit as well.

By: Matt Mattus

Matt Mattus — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:41:03 +0000

Hey Keith, that's all I do, really. The soil is soft enough that I can usually draw a line with a trowel, and use my fingers to shove the cloves in deep.

Erin, That "measuring guide" is just an old bamboo pole that I grabbed from the tomato bed, so not that fussy, really!

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:23:47 +0000

Just what I did this past Sunday, well prepped the ground anyway, but didn't get to put the cloves in. I just push the cloves in and back-fill. Last spring I pulled up 48 heads and I plan on planting 64 cloves this week.

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 05:18:48 +0000

Hi Matt…love your garlic info and pictures. I wish I were a neighbor of yours so I could watch and learn. I love your attention to detail. Like how you are using a guide to make sure that your lines are perfectly straight. I LOVE that.