On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 12:48:32 -0400, "Paul E. Lehmann"
wrote:

I have started to use a lot of garlic in my cooking (thanks to Emeril Live).
How is it grown? Can you start it from a clove you get at the store? When
is the best time to plant and harvest? I live in North Central Maryland
Zone 6. I also saw on a program that you can harves a little of the green
part and use it also although it is not nearly as strong as the cloves.


Garlic likes cool weather. Mine has all wilted and turned brown, but
it comes back in January. I started them by planting a clove
(breaking apart all the "toes") in a row in front of my roses. They
are supposed to repel aphids but I don't think so. The foliage looks
nice in front of the roses. Plant in early spring, harvest in summer.