DJ Hemminger
Gamer's Guide to the Apocalypse

Homegrown Garlic

Success at last. In October 2021, we planted some garlic cloves in a garden box after the first frost. That ended up being the Winter that Would Not End, followed by the Spring of Eternal Rains. When we could finally check the box, the bulbs had rotted in the ground.

In October 2022, we tried again. We planted six bulbs in a different garden box, and a further 5 in an in-ground flower bed.

We now have 11 garlic sprouts! The in-ground bed is not great soil, or well drained, and they are about 2 weeks behind these ones. We hope to improve the soil this summer and do all our planting in that bed next fall, to free up this raised bed for herbs and flowers.

This is our first year of homegrown garden. I understand that the scapes (the onion type shoots on top) can be cooked or dehydrated, so we are looking forward to trying out some new recipes for those.