Garlic: Sweet and simple!

Two Types:
hardneck:  AKA  topset garlic - They produce fewer, but larger cloves
softneck: They produce smaller, but more numerous cloves

* Garlic takes about eight months to mature in your garden - You should plant these by September 30
* Plant your garlic where it will get full sun and where the soil is slightly acidic
* WEED WEED WEED - The less weeds in your garlic bed the less work later.
* Add Harvest in the City Compost to the area that you will be planting the bulbs.  You are doing this to insure that you have a combo of moisture retention and good drainage.
* Plant garlic bulbs 2 inches down and 5 inches apart with the pointed end pointed up.
* Top dress the garlic bulbs with Harvest in the City Compost.  This will help to keep weeds down and grass out.
* Mulch after the ground freezes to protect your garlic.
* Before you harvest wait until the plants turn yellow and fall over.
* For the hardneck variety: In the spring you will get tall straight stalks with curly Q's on top, they are called scapes.  You can harvest these to cook with when there are 2-3 Q's on top.  If you want your bulbs to get bigger, leave them.... but they are DELICIOUS! Your choice.

That's all - easy Parcheesi!!!  Let me know how it goes.

Here are some of the upcoming topics, in no particular order:
1) onions
2) groundcovers
3) thinning your veggie sprouts