I harvested the garlic from my garden this morning -- my biggest and best crop ever. A neighbour brought in cattle manure last fall just before planting and I also spread the contents of the compost container over the area to be planted. It all made a huge difference -- some of the bulbs are as large as onions and I have more than I can either possibly eat (and I do eat a lot of garlic, mostly raw) or replant. A friend living high up in the Mulmur hills will welcome the extras for his garden.
My garden is small and doesn't get full sun -- a corner of it is visible in the photo -- but garlic is predictably a good crop. Because of the early summer, heat, and regular rainfall, everything seems to be doing very well.
I have to see what I can do about eliminating weeds from the garlic bed and then plant cloves -- probably in September or October -- for next summer.
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