Homesteader’s Guide to Growing Garlic
Homesteader’s Guide to Growing Garlic
The ultimate guide to growing, propagating, and marketing garlic! Southern Seed Garlic shares its best advice for new and veteran farmers. Whether you are growing a backyard patch or thinking about going large-scale, this guide gives you all the information and motivation you need to make your garlic grow.
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Concise and practical information, including…
Innovative raised bed designs
Why you should grow hardneck vs softneck varieties
How to calculate seed purchases and crop planning for maximum yield and profit
Realistic and holistic soil improvement
When and how to plant
Seed viability
Best mulching methods for garlic (shh…we share one of our top secrets for success in this chapter!)
Timing the harvest for optimum bulb size
Garlic grading
Marketing overview
Raising garlic in the south
Family garlic recipes and uses