Depending on how cold it gets where you are located, now is a good time to start getting some room in your garden ready for planting garlic.\u00a0 Garlic is a low-maintenance crop that isn\u2019t cheap to buy at the store, at least not if you are buying organic.\u00a0 It can be preserved easily so that you can benefit from your entire harvest, and you can plant again from your own stock further reducing costs.\u00a0 Here\u2019s how to get started.<\/p>\n
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Get Your Garlic<\/strong><\/p>\n If you have the money and you are the nervous type, or if you have had problems with disease on your garlic before, then you should buy organic seed garlic that is certified disease free.\u00a0 If not, you can save about $20 by just going to your local grocery store and buying a pound of organic garlic to plant.<\/p>\n Soil Prep<\/strong><\/p>\n Garlic does best in full sun, so find some room in your garden that gets plenty of sun this time of year.\u00a0 Garlic requires good drainage, so mounding a little soil up, especially if you are not planting in a raised bed well help.\u00a0 If you have healthy soil you shouldn\u2019t need to amend with anything but some compost.\u00a0 If you are planting grocery store garlic it is especially important to select an area that you did not grow garlic in last season.\u00a0 It would also help reduce the chance of disease to plant in several locations instead of one large plot.<\/p>\n Plant<\/strong><\/p>\n Separate cloves from the bulb.\u00a0 Leave the papery layer on them.\u00a0 Plant them the same way they grew previously, root side down and pointy side up.\u00a0 Put them about 3inches deep, with about 4inches between each.\u00a0 Cover with soil and then add a thick layer of leaves for mulch and insulation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I\u2019ll post another article about harvesting and some of the options for preserving and processing garlic well before it\u2019s that time of year.<\/p>\n If you enjoyed this, you might also like\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n Depending on how cold it gets where you are located, now is a good time to start getting some room in your garden ready for planting garlic.\u00a0 Garlic is a low-maintenance crop that isn\u2019t cheap to buy at the store, at least not if you are buying organic.\u00a0 It can be preserved easily so that<\/p>\nAre We In The End Times?<\/a>\u2026<\/a><\/h2>\n
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