Gary Woods wrote:

Garlic is the worst of both worlds; a heavy feeder and a poor competitor.
Give it your best soil and keep well weeded. Do as I say, not as I do!


Not entirely true. pH tolerant, less thirsty than many vegetables,
excellent companion plant for many vegetables. If you interplant with
lettuce or mulch after the spears are one foot high there will be no
weeding.