I think the timing is similar to previous years. This is a bit more garlic than usual, all the Music variety. Music consistently produces by far the largest cloves / bulbs for me, with strong spicy flavor. The cloves peel easily once dried, and keep almost a year after harvest in my garden.
This time planting where I had peppers. The enclosed 25 gallon fabric containers that acts as a 4 x 8 foot bed.
All planted. Not much to look at. I took out the top approx 5 inches of soil, added chicken bone meal, crushed eggshells, and organic vegetable fertilizer to the soil underneath, mixing it in Then set 7 or 8 garlic cloves in place and buried by replacing the soil. This compares to about a 4 foot row in the regular raised beds, with 8 rows. So about the same number planted per bed. The garlic cloves are about 4 inches deep. I forgot the bone meal for the first crop, so that can be a comparison.
Fortunately I was able to collect enough maple leaves to cover them all.
Now the main over-wintering crop is settled in for the season. The sole remaining task for these will be to repair and re-set the drip irrigation loops before dry season next summer.
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