I plant in October but like I said our winters are so mild that we rarely have even had a hard frost and has only snowed 4 times in the 60 years I have lived here. I just plant the garlic in rows about 9 inches apart and rarely have to water it.
Thanks for the info. on planting garlic — I will give it a go again this fall — we raised the beds quite a bit more & improved the soil in the garden a lot this season, so maybe they will do better.
Getting ready to harvest our first watermelon this week(we only have 2 so far) — it’s pretty much stopped growing so I think it is ready (??). Oh - and I checked the quince bush (tree) in the oft-neglected corner of the garden and it is LOADED with fruit! Yikes! Guess I’ll be canning more than tomatoes in the next few weeks.
Okay, thanks.
So there’s no special tricks or secret fertilizer recipes to make bigger bulbs or anything.