Grow Your Own Garlic

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I’ve been married for just three years this July, and so there are still some things about my wife that I am just learning. For example, I didn’t know until recently that my wife likes hands-free cellular phones. Not that we’ll ever own one, mind you— it’s just that they give her a new way to explain my sometimes irascible behavior to innocent bystanders.

For example, a couple of years ago we were standing in the local vegetable store. Maggie was in line with our produce and I was wandering about looking for treats that I could sneak into the buggy before she got up to the till. My wife makes an awesome Caesar salad, so I picked up some mesh bagged garlic. I don’t know if I’d just missed the labeling on the product before, or if it was new labeling, but it said “Product of China”.

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Great article. It is sad that a lot of our food does indeed come from other places. I would love to start a garden, alas we have no more animal issues (other than two cats) but other than garlic what can you plant in the fall/winter?

My parents grow garlic in their garden. It is awesome. Well, just about every fruit/veggie you can grow yourself is better!
I liked this article. It really makes us think about where our food comes from and the journey it has to make.

To start off your own kitchen garden an interesting thing to do in the kitchen is to have small pots where we can grow our herbs, like coriander, parsleys or chilli. It is not really difficult because you just have to spread some seeds and water regularly. It also makes the kitchen look prettier. Once this is accomplished the backyard is always there for more experimentations and delights.:)

You can also grow all kinds of letuce,chard, beet greens,turnip greens. I have been doing it for years. It sure does save on the salad bill.

When you say you can grow this stuff in the winter do you mean inside? I just cannot imagine stuff growing in the winter here.
This was a very enlightening post. Due to the recalls we have been having lately especially from China I think we need to educate ourselves more on where a lot of our stuff comes from.

I agree completely tater. It is becoming very ridiculous lately with all the recalls from all over actually.

Growing something like herbs and garlic are a great way to also get your children into the greener life. And if anything, help them appreciate life and how things come about.

If you want to grow garlic, start by thinking of it like a bulb. Unlike most link, the best time to link garlic is link (even though many seed catalogs will sell it in spring). Ideally, get it in the ground right after your area’s first killing frost (this may be from late September to November or even December, depending on where you live). After you plant it, garlic will develop a healthy root system in the cool link. It goes link over link and waits to send up leafy shoots in the spring.
Like most vegetables, garlic prefers a spot in full sun and moist but well-drained soil. The plant likes lots of organic matter, so it’s really helpful to amend your ground each year with lots of link. Plant individual link about 1 inch deep and about 6 inches apart. Plant them with the pointy side facing up.
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I find it strange that we allow such things like garlic and lettuce coming from other countries to our nation…I mean we can surely grow them…is it because the land for tilling is used for making huge industries that cough out more carbon di oxide into the air?

That is an interesting point atulag. I think it has a lot to do with money, we do have the room to grow these foods. I avoid all foods that are not grown in the USA. With the exception of bananas.

I have never understood how some people buy organic thinking that it is the eco-friendly thing to do when it comes from another country. First of all, not all countries follow the same regulations for organics and who is regulating it. Second, think of the distance it must travel-not eco friendly.