Fresh garlic from your garden is hard to beat, and now is the time to get it started for next year. Let’s look at a few tips for a successful garlic crop using science and some practical gardening knowledge.
Garlic grows well in many different soils and climates, but only varieties that are hardy and adapted to the Northeast will perform well here.
When you reach into your paper bag of carefully stored garlic and pull out a bulb to see a sprout emerging from the top… What do you do?
Here in Vermont, garlic is best planted in fall because of its need for a dormant period of two months below 40 Fahrenheit degrees.