The garlic has finally been planted! The Fox St. garden was in pretty good shape, and is now filled to capacity (and beyond) until next summer/fall. We did not soak the cloves, but did split them the day before planting. They were planted in five rows spaced about 8" apart, with 4" spacing within rows. This is a little tight, but my understanding is that in a crowded bed you get a higher yield although the heads of garlic are smaller. Seems like it would be a wash, but we'll see what happens. At that spacing, 1/2 lb. of seed garlic plants a 15 ft. row very nicely.
Layout (from South to North):
1. Music (gorgeous gorgeous! huge cloves)
2. Fireball (on the small side)
3. Inchelium Red (soft neck)
4. German Red (small)
5. Italian Purple (small)
Still have to find room for the elephant garlic bulbils and the other 1/2 lb of Inchelium Red, and cover that bed with straw, but we're still in okay time, I think!
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