When you grow your own food, spring time is a busy time. It feels like everything has to happen all at once. So anything that can spread out some of those garden chores, is a welcome opportunity. And garlic is a perfect example. Because rather than planting it right now along with everything else. Instead, we plant it in the fall when most of the other chores are already done, Being exposed to the cold all winter helps the garlic plants grow larger bulbs, but there’s another benefit to fall planting. Because it also provides an exciting dose of inspiration when all of those sprouts finally emerge just when we begin sowing our seeds. It’s a great reminder that nature is full of cycles, and as gardeners, sometimes we just need to relax a bit and enjoy the ride.
VIDEO: Grow Garlic to SAVE TIME in the spring
When you grow your own food, spring time is a busy time. It feels like everything has to happen all at once. So anything that can spread out some of those garden chores, is a welcome opportunity. And garlic is a perfect example. Because rather than planting it right now along with everything else. Instead, we plant it in the fall when most of the other chores are already done, Being exposed to the cold all winter helps the garlic plants grow larger bulbs, but there’s another benefit to fall planting. Because it also provides an exciting dose of inspiration when all of those sprouts finally emerge just when we begin sowing our seeds. It’s a great reminder that nature is full of cycles, and as gardeners, sometimes we just need to relax a bit and enjoy the ride.
You should grow more Perenial vegables. Like sea kale, Turkish rocket, goji berries, slyvettia arugula, walking onions
I planted some garlic cloves this spring that were left over from last falls crop – as an experiment. I always grow garlic in the fall (IL, USA, zone 5b). This year, with our early warm temps, I expect to harvest this years crop earlier than ever.