I was thinking about you the other day, and wondering what you were up to this past weekend. My lettuce, spinach, and endive got a pretty good start already, and the garlic is about 9 inches tall.
I have row covers on the leafy greens, but haven’t covered the garlic. Last year, I left it uncovered and it made it, so I may not do anything to it other than push a few leaves around it.
I’m hoping that the weather holds up enough so that the row cover will let me have fresh salad makings for Christmas.
I’ve never bothered to cover the garlic after it comes up. It will get to looking bad when the weather turns really cold, but it always greens right up when conditions improve in the spring.