Planting a School Year-Round Garden in Connecticut: Garlic for Spring Harvest

Too Late for Most Vegetables

All vegetables except asparagus are annuals and will die at frost. It's too late to plant now for a spring harvest.

Garlic: The Exception

1. Buy seed garlic at a garden center (grocery garlic is treated with anti-sprouting chemicals).
2. Separate cloves; plant each 4 inches deep, flat end down, point up.
3. First growth appears in early spring; harvest when tops brown and fall over in late summer.
4. Cure, braid, and store in a cool basement or garage.

Simple, reliable, and teaches the full cycle.