FROM CLOVES TO SCAPES TO BULBS A garlic tutorial.
GARLIC 101
Fall is garlic-planting time. For most of us, with fall planting on our mind, thoughts turn toward tulips, daffodils, fall-flowering mums and flowering kale. But garlic?
When the fresh crop of tulip bulbs arrives at your local garden retailer, in early September, you may notice that the garlic arrives too. You might love it or hate it, but there is no arguing that fall is the best time of year to put garlic in the ground.
Growing garlic is oddly counter intuitive. You might naturally think of
