Well I finally did manage to get my garlic in. Tilled up the patch on Saturday and planted yesterday. I need to get it under some mulch but my compost heap is pretty much used up. I suppose I’ll have to make a trip to the horse college for some stall sweepings but my trailer is tied up at the sawmill. Maybe rent a dump trailer next weekend if I can get the starter for my loader tractor fixed by then. That would take a lot of work out of that project for sure.
I surrounded my garlic on three sides with some milk jugs of water, and the bed is backed by a concrete wall on the north east side. Then I put a double layer of row covers on it. Leaves fall on it, but the little fence and milk jugs keep it off the ground, and the plants have plenty of room to grow.
I can roll the row cover along with the leaves etc back a bit so the sun can shine it on warm, sunny days. Mostly, I just forget about it till spring. Usually does pretty good.