The garlic I planted this spring regerminated. I usually plant garlic between the end of September to the middle of October, but the garlic that was already in the soil germinated means, probably it's okay to plant them now.
I got a lot of garlic bulbs from a grocery store at $0.50/bulb in the early spring, I thought I would try planting in spring since they were sprouting in my kitchen. I used to buy nice garlic for planting at every end of summer, but it is expensive. I heard spring planting garlic doesn't grow much but can enjoy the tender leaves and stalks. I can also leave them in the soil through next summer.
Well, this year, I had an onion maggot's attack badly and I couldn't even harvest the last fall planted garlic. I had never had any pest problem with garlic, some disappear before June and come back in fall, though. Also, the cite I planted was a kind of wet place, it was also a problem. They like a dry place.
I dug them up when I realized the infestation of the pest, they were still immature but better than offering the pest the growing cloves - the ones that are growing now is what I thought them dead. Then, I hung them in my shed where sunlight doesn't hit. Now, it's time for replanting them! I saved a dry and soft bed for them this year. I did not start my garden with raised beds, tilled instead, so the soil is cray. I have a few raised beds made later with my compost. The cray beds are getting better and better with organic matter as I don't remove the roots of weeds. I just cut the top at the ground level when I need to remove them so that earthworms are happy and it adds organic matter to the soil when they decay.
By the way, I had a challenge project from the Starry Eye, an art quilt group. I had to make something with the technique of collage.
The title is "This is what I wished to have this year." - A healthy big sturdy garlic!
This tapestry may not be qualified as a collage project, but it's okay. I can have this as a memory of garden in 2020 in a nice form.
Here are some details of the tapestry.
I hope my ideal garlic becomes true next year.