Garlic

In our northern climate in New York, garlic can be planted in the fall and harvested the next summer.

Over the weekend we dug the garlic bulbs that grew from the individual cloves that were planted in the garden in November of last year. Garlic bulbs can be purchased at a garden center and also can be grown from supermarket bulbs. After digging the bulbs, they should be dried in a warm place out of direct sunlight for a couple weeks, with good air circulation around them. They can then be easily separated into individual cloves.  I use most of my garlic for cooking, but will save a portion of the crop for replanting in the garden in November.  The snow doesn't damage the planted cloves and they continue their growth early the next spring. 

Mature garlic bulb harvested in August

Crop of bulbs

Bulb after drying

Separated into cloves

Plant cloves in trench in October/November, pointy end up, then cover with soil.