Above are photos of a couple garlic cloves from the grocery store, which we planted in a row next to the roses last fall. First, you break the bunches into individual cloves, then plant these a few inches apart in a shallow trench. No additional care was provided other than watering the roses next to them.
Harvest day. I included two planting day photos in this collage, a couple of them growing, and the newly harvested garlic. When the tops start to brown they are ready. Dig them up, wash them off, and let them dry for a couple of weeks before trimming off the tops and roots and then you have garlic. It's essentially free, easy to do, and if you don't want to wait for mature garlic you can harvest some early and use for cooking even before they start to form cloves. We tried pickling some this year as well (because I planted much more garlic than what is shown in these photo collages) and will report on that later. I will say it was a lot of work peeling individual cloves to make 12 cups of garlic for the recipe.
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