Author: Scott Moe

Scott Moe blogs about his deepening obsession with nature, particularly the nature he’s transplanted to his Brooklyn rooftop. Panthy’s Garden, named for its vinyl panther mascot, is an experiment in growing food, getting really good at Baggo, and understanding what a little bit of nature can do for the city-dweller. He can be found in the forest accidentally hiking in circles or hauling giant bags of dirt up his five flights of stairs.

Garlic

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  • subtitle: Sowing Next Year's Bad Breath

By | 24 Nov 11 | Food & Cooking | 2 Comments
x-ray image of garlic

X-ray of a garlic clove. Image by Antonio Fortunati, 2010.

Last fall I did something every gardener should try: grow garlic. It’s not that hard, you can grow it in a pot or in the ground, and well, garlic is awesome.

Growing garlic takes nearly all year, but not that much effort. Plant it right around now, before the ground freezes, let it hibernate under the snow all winter long, water them in the summer til it’s time to pull them out, then hang them somewhere to cure for two weeks. There’s some luck and chance involved, but that’s what makes gardening fun, and you’ll be that much more proud once you’re pulling your precious, delicious heads out of the ground next summer.

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