It’s fair to say that landscape architects and garden designers like to talk an awful lot about the bone structure of a garden. Not that they literally mean high cheekbones, the perfectly tip-tilted nose, or a sculpted jawline. Instead, they’re referring to those qualities of a garden’s design that help it to look good no matter what the time of year. For example, beautiful, expertly constructed pathways. A well-groomed hedge. Handsome walls. A perfectly positioned, well-chosen specimen tree. Timeless paving. Plus an attention to scale and proportion, and an understanding of space that includes a nod to the notion of the golden mean or golden ratio, sometimes also known as the theory of divine proportion.
Why You Should Be Planting Garlic In The Fall
13.09.2023 - 07:47 / gardeningknowhow.com / Amy Grant
Garlic is used in almost every cuisine on the planet, and with good reason. It is incredibly versatile but also a hardy and easy crop to grow. While there are many tips for growing garlic, each one different from the last, one thing everyone seems to agree on is planting garlic in the fall.
Planting garlic bulbs in the fall gives it a head start to produce a larger bulb. Timing for fall garlic planting is another area where gardeners differ. Some say planting all garlic should occur before and some say after the first frost. Confused? Don’t worry – we’ve got you covered. Keep reading to learn when and how to plant fall garlic.
As already mentioned, planting garlic in the fall gives the bulbs time to mature. The timing allows the plant to produce a robust root system prior to sprouting leaves. This means that garlic will be one of the first things to pop up in the spring, and when harvest time rolls around the bulbs will be large and full.
There are two types of garlic: softneck and hardneck. Supermarket garlic is almost certainly softneck garlic. Softneck garlic is best grown in areas with mild winters, while hard neck varieties are more winter hardy. Softneck stores better than hardneck, but hardneck peels easier.
Hardneck garlic also produces a “scape,” which is a long flowering stem. The garlic scape needs to be cut and removed from hardneck garlic in the early summer to direct the plant’s energy toward production of the bulb. Some say hardneck has a better flavor than softneck garlic, and softneck produces more cloves than hardneck.
At the end of the day, with the exception of hardiness, it is a matter of taste as to which variety you choose.
The timing for planting garlic is debatable. Some say to plant prior to the
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