About 4 years ago a friend of mine who owns an organic farm on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, gave me a head of garlic with 4 cloves in it. It was April and I planted them in a large pot when I got home.
I saved most of the garlic that grew from those first 4 cloves so that I would have lots the following year. Last year I think I grew something around 50 or 60 heads of garlic.
This past summer, we had our house up for sale and were moving, I planted a lot fewer garlic cloves (maybe 18) late at the house we were moving into - friends owned it, so they let me plant before we moved in, but it was much later than I normally would plant garlic.
So, last week, with about 5 heads of garlic still left from last summer, and with the heads I grew this year not quite mature, I decided to Fall plant the old ones and see what happens. The ground here is much wetter than at the old house, so I hope they don't rot over the winter, but we'll see what happens. I planted them about 10cm deep and have covered them with leaves and straw.
I do have a few heads that will be usable next spring, so we'll see which works better - the Fall or Spring planted.
No photo today, sorry, no time.
Next year will be experimental with a new garden space, less light, north back yard, not south. Probably more planters that can be moved to sunnier patches. But hopefully more blog posts!
