garlic in february

20130218-170306.jpg My deck garden is looking fairly gloomy & sparse. But if you look a little closer you'll see a bit of green. In October, I planted some garlic cloves. Some of the cloves came from local organic farms (Love Dove & Breezy Willow), while the others came from my 2012 garlic harvest. I was thrilled with how easy it was to grow fantastic garlic in containers, so I'm doing it again and hoping for another great haul!

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If my count is right, and things grow as planned, I'll be harvesting 30-40 bulbs of garlic in June! Which is great timing because something else will be done growing in June...and I think I'll be MIA from the garden after this kid pops. But back to why I grow my own garlic - Homegrown garlic is second to none. The bulbs are fatter, the taste is pungent, and it's way cheaper/better quality than what you buy in the supermarket bins. If you really don't have the space to grow it yourself, find a local farm that grows it...it is sooo worth it!

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So things look a little bleak in the garden, I'm ok with that. In just a few months I'll be feasting on garlic scapes & shortly after that I'll be pulling up garlic bulbs!

Is anything slowly growing in your winter garden?