If you are looking for something to “spice” up your garden, Cathy Isom has another super easy kitchen spice to grow at home. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours.
Spice Up Your Garden With Garlic
Garlic is another super easy kitchen spice, like ginger, that can be grown at home with very little effort. And you might ask yourself why not? Since this piece of deliciousness can be added to your favorite sauces and other meals. It is a little different in that it comes in bulbs rather than as rhizomes.
Whichever you prefer to plant, you’ll just need a fairly deep pot, over a foot, with a twelve-inch diameter. And, like ginger, the soil, a potting mix, needs to drain well or the garlic will have rotting problems. Choose the largest cloves to
To store garlic, keep it in a cool climate, preferably a dark place, which will inhibit mold growth. It will last well up to 4 months. A great place is a low humidity pantry or a cool, dark place in your pantry. You can continue the growing cycle each season to make sure you have garlic all year.
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