Youre both about right, te shortest day of the year, but can be
planted anytime between
http://www.garlic-central.com/when-to-plant-garlic.html
See here http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/news/1999/091499_GARLIC.html

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len garden wrote:
g'day friends,

ok bouyed with our success last year, we did the instant spud patch
again, this time with a kilo' each of 'sebago' & 'pontiac' spuds.
nowhere special just in the middle of the front yard.

got the agrlic in a few days after the winter equinox, got more to
plant yet and one has already sprouted.

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/instant_potato_patch.htm

With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

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"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

Gooday Len,
Re garlic planting, winter equinox would be right, but are you
talking oubout autumn equinox which weve just had, the winter (2007)
one is still a few months away.

there is no equinox in winter - it's a solstice :-)

summer & winter solstices = longest day + shortest night/shortest day
+ longest night
autumn & spring equinoxes = day & night of equal length at these times.

actually, i suspect there might be a bit more to it than that (path of
the sun & all that), but there's the basics. len must have been
talking about the autumn equinox, because you wouldn't plant garlic
during the winter solstice (afaik!!!!) because it would be too late.
unless perhaps you live in the tropics.(?)

garlic is naturalised at our place (which is quite cool when you think
about it) & it started coming up about a week ago, but if memory
serves me right, there is a LOT more to come up yet. the damn stuff is
everywhere. i think it is getting too cold for my taties now. i have
some in feed bags, but i've just moved them into the greenhouse due to
lack of progress outdoors. i will enjoy len's taties as a consolation
prize g
kylie


Re autums garlic planting, it makes sense, Yet I read winter
solstice....I will check up....