I grew some garlic! 9 August, 2004
The missus dug it up on Friday and we left it out to dry. Yesterday it went into a frying pan with some onions, mushrooms, liquidised red pepper, chilli powder and tinned tomatoes for a basic tomato sauce. Tasty!
It’s probably the easiest thing I’ve ever grown. In Autumn you plant cloves from a shop-bought garlic bulb into compost in a pot. I can’t remember how deep it has to go, but experiment. And that’s it – you just leave it to grow. A thick, spring onion-like stalk will develop and flower around July. When the flower dies pick it, leave it to dry, then remove the stalk and roots and you’re there, ready to stink the kitchen out.