Garlic Growing - Tree Seedlings and Garlic Together!

We're using a system we worked with in years past that has been quite promising. We plant rows of garlic with rows of tree seed next to them to help protect the young seedlings while growing in their first year and to hopefully ward off stray beings digging up the seeds in the winter.
In years past it has been quite effective. Lets hope it is again, and we'll share notes either way!

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[russsherwood]

man i wished i lived closer to you, you have so much to teach people, thank you for the video, , have a blessed and safe day

[FeathersFarmstead]

Very nice! I love watching your experiments! By far my favorite channel on YouTube... you two are a wealth of knowledge! Cheers!

[McCoysOakHillFarm]

This should be interesting experiment. I use to plant tree seeds in old metal coffee cans to keep the critters out of them and then dig those up in the spring. Of course, I don't drink coffee and even so the cans are plastic now. It will be interesting to see how it all works. Thanks for sharing. :)

[mrselfsufficient]

Nice! I'm going to try planting chestnuts next to my garlic this fall.

[russellhowe]

Great idea, although I did spot a squirrel behind you with a note pad and napkin:-) might try it with my quince seeds and garlic. At a slight tangent, I am going to try a mix of strawberry and saffron crocus along the outer edge of one of my new tree guilds this year, running along the path to ease harvesting. I am hoping the strawberries will provide ground cover, as they die back towards autumn; the majority of strawberry leaves get turned into lace by some insect or other in plot, allowing light in for the autumn flowering crocuses. I will put them far enough away from the trees so as not to disturb the roots when I eventually come to separate the crocus bulbs. I don’t mind disturbing the strawberries as they get thinned out each year anyway. Will it be effective? Don’t know until I try it. I would be interested to read anyone’s thoughts on the matter.
I don’t have a lot of ground to play with and I want to keep the front garden as decorative and productive as possible. The tree I have planted is a stag horn sumac, which I had dug out of my mate’s garden this summer, it was a sucker that had run out from his neighbour’s tree. I am growing it for the berry clusters.

[terinaleblanc]

Very nice video. Is there anyway to prevent the squirrels from digging up my freshly planted garlic?

[Mandy-cncl]

Great idea we have trouble with mice & voles mint never seems to put them off does the garlic work for mice or just squirrels ?

[PatrickDustman]

Great idea, i really love that video, thy for sharing.

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[theresaherfindahl]

I didn't "get" your comment about the mint. What was that?