Growing Garlic: The Easiest Fall Crop

Who doesn’t love garlic? We use this every day in cooking and have been successful growing garlic in our fall garden. We typically plant it at the end of October or the beginning of November. It is the easiest fall crop to grow.

It is one of those crops you plant and pretty much just walk away. We don’t find it to be fussy at all. We do lay down some much to keep moisture in and weeds out. We only really water when it looks dry. This is a crop that is harvested in the summer…about June. You will know it is ready when the green starts to die back.

Once you pull your garlic from the ground it will need to be cured. Justin built a wooden frame with hardware cloth to set on sawhorses. We also will put a big shop fan on them to help dry them out. This set up normally goes in the garage.

We are coming up on time to plant for this year (I think that is a chore for tomorrow) and I still have some from last year. If it is cured correctly, it will last all year.

How to Plant Garlic to Grow

You can buy seeds from either Baker creek, Botanical Interests, Hoss, etc.

Our Village | Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Botanical Interests High Quality Seeds and Garden Products

What we do is buy organic heads of garlic from the grocery store (it tends to be cheaper) and separate the cloves. They will go into the ground with the point facing towards the sky. Mulch and just let them grow.

I hope this encouraged you to try growing garlic. You just plant it and walk away!

Garlic is the easiest fall crop to grow

Curing Your Garlic

Justin made us a drying rack out of hardware cloth and wood. We lay this over some sawhorses in our garage and turn a shop fan on. In a few weeks they will be cured and ready to store for the year!

Head over to (112) Hagan Homestead – YouTube to watch us harvest and cure our garlic.