How to Plant Garlic Bulbs

If you love to cook and eat, then planting a small garlic bed might be on your list as an addition for a garden. Garlic only takes a small area in which to grow. Once started, you can replant the tasty bulbs year after year. By following a basic procedure, you can plant the easy growing garlic bulbs for a fresh addition to your cooking.

Shovel
Garden rake
1 lb. garlic bulbs

Instructions

- 1
  Find an area in your yard that has exposure to full sun. Garlic loves the sun from morning to evening. Mark a small plot approximately 4 foot by 4 foot.
- 2
  Remove the grass and sod from the plot with the shovel. Place the sod in a pile in the corner of your yard to begin a compost pile. The compost can be added every year as a side dressing to the garlic bed.
- 3
  Turn the freshly uncovered earth over with the shovel down to a depth of 8 to 12 inches. Smooth the soil over with the garden rake.
- 4
  Separate the cloves you purchased from the seed store and plant each clove approximately 3 to 4 inches from each other and 2 inches deep. Garlic does not have to be planted in rows. In fact, the closer the bulbs are planted, the better the garlic will keep out unwanted plants and weeds. Water in the plot to thoroughly soak the cloves. The garlic will not require any further watering for the rest of its growing period.

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