It's time to plant onions and garlic. The onions we raised from seed last year are still in the ground (those we haven't eaten) and are starting to grow again. Seed is easy to start on a wet paper towel. Place an empty egg carton upside down, put a damp paper towel or napkin inside, and sprinkle seeds on it and close. Within a few days the seeds will sprout and you can set them in potting soil. When they are 2-3 inches tall you can set them outside about 6 inches apart. The winters here are not cold enough to hurt them and you will soon have an always-fresh supply of onions. For the less adventurous, wait until the home improvement stores have onion sets in stock and set those out in the yard.
For easy, fresh garlic, pick up one or two bulk garlic at the grocery store and break them into individual cloves. Plant these about six inches apart pointy side up somewhere in the yard that gets water regularly and you will have fresh garlic all summer next year. Like onions, our light frosts won't bother garlic.
The easy way to plant garlic. These two bunches will be enough for backyard BBQ marinades all next summer. Separate the bunches into individual cloves, dig a trench about 3-4 inches deep somewhere that already gets regular water (in this case the roses). Place each clove pointy end up about six inches apart and cover with soil.
