Growing garlic is a dream. Planted in the late fall, it takes some patience, but its virtually maintenance free. The pictures are fairly self explanatory, but I will say that I planted it in completely unprepared soil. I was planning to put in my new veggie patch in this area, but hadn’t amended the soil at all, half-heartedly, I stuck these cloves in the ground and in early February I had little sprouts. In the photo below, I had just top-dressed them with bone meal and mushroom compost.
Purple Glazer is a hardneck variety. Hardneck garlic, so they say, doesn’t keep as well as softneck, but has a better flavor. I didn’t plant all the cloves I bought for planting, they are sitting in my garage where it’s cool, and they still look good six months later. If they’re still in good shape when it’s time to plant again, I will give them another go, otherwise I’ll save some for planting. Also I will be looking for a good softneck variety this fall for comparison, and, well, variety.
