I Haven't Bought Garlic in 20 Years, The Old Kitchen Trick My Mother Swore By (Plant It in October)

That sprouting garlic in your pantry is not going bad. It is a garlic plant, and October is exactly the right time to put it in the ground. I spent thirty-five years in professional kitchens, and behind every one of them there was a little garden. I have not bought a single head of garlic in twenty years, because of one simple habit my mother kept every fall at her kitchen table. In this video: 🧄 Why one clove becomes a whole head, and why it has to sleep through the winter 🧄 Which garlic to plant (and which supermarket garlic to skip) 🧄 Which end goes up, how deep, how far apart 🧄 The one mistake that rots the whole row over the winter 🧄 Growing garlic in a pot or raised bed, no digging, no kneeling 🧄 Garlic scapes, the spring bonus most people throw away 🧄 When to harvest, how to cure it, and how to keep it all year 🧄 The chef's safety rule about garlic in oil that the internet gets wrong No fancy tools. No big budget. Just a garden fed from the kitchen door, the way it used to be. Mrs. Dorothy #garlic #growinggarlic #gardeningtips #fallgarden #oldfashionedgardening #gardeningforbeginners #kitchengarden