My garlic experiment

I read in a few blogs on how easy garlic grows, so I planted some supermarket garlic in the fall around October. There are 2 varities of garlic, the supermarket garlic falls into soft neck variety. These can be kept for months. I harvested them on Saturday, the tops turned yellow and I thought it was time to harvest. In the hind sight, I think I should have waited till July :) One bulb was completely formed whereas the others were small. Anyway lesson learned. This fall I will buy the right variety from the nursery and try it out. Overall I am happy with my experiment and the kids had fun watching the process from planting the cloves to harvesting the bulbs. Here are some pictures.

Earlier harvest of Indian garlic:

Progress

My tomato plants are doing well. They have grown a few inches and some has flowers too.

My garlic plants, love how they are standing tall like soldiers.

My eggplant and Okra seeds sowed in the ground sprouted but some pest is eating them up :( I have sowed some seeds in pots too, hopefully once they are big enough I will transplant them to the ground.

Garlic

I planted about 15 cloves of garlic at the end of fall. These are just super market garlic. I am curious to see how they fare. I am pulling out the weeds often, I must mulch the area soon. I will be harvesting them in June. They will be ready to harvest when the leaves turn brown. I can't wait!