The weather has become cooler and frost has set in so it was time to plant garlic. The past two years I have planted soft neck varieties that have always ended up a bit puny. I'm not sure if its been because the soil isn't loose enough, the garden center was selling crap product, or the variety.
So this year I bought garlic from the Farmers Market to plant in my own garden. The garlic was sold to cook with but I figured if the Farmers around here are having luck with this variety maybe I will too. They actually had a couple of garlic options and I bought "Music" because I wanted to try a hard neck variety to see if it would make a difference. I have also read that Music is a good variety that it is easy to grow, hardy and stores well.
I planted 32 cloves six inches apart in all directions and 2 inches deep per standard garlic planting directions. We will see how well it does come next Summer!
We planted garlic for the first time this year. We'll look forward together with you to a successful harvest next year!
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