Growing Organic Garlic on the Cheap! (Frugal Gardening)

I spent only $6.53 this year to plant 166 future bulbs of garlic!

OYR is all about growing a lot of food on a little land using sustainable organic methods, while keeping costs and labor at a minimum. Emphasis is placed on improving soil quality with compost and mulch. No store-bought fertilizers, soil amendments, pesticides, compost activators, etc. are used.

[willy]

Finally, a video that doesn't fluff everything to death. Just show us hoooow toooo doooo iiiit. Thanks for the great video!!!!

[iamorganicgardening]

Great Patrick.. And Garlic is also a good way to keep endo mycorrhizal fungi growing on its roots to help you build your soil.. THANKS

[HelenRullesteg]

I've had similar problems with artichokes not surviving the winter and was told that it's more to do with humidity than cold. I tried the recommended thing with covering them in straw, but found it only seemed to concentrate the moisture around the stems. So now I grow mine in what's almost a gravel bed with extremely good drainage and they are doing so much better. Great to see Oscar again, he looks so much like our dear cat that we lost in early September.

[SurfinScientist]

I just harvested my first garlic bulb after planting ten cloves last (early) winter that I bought at the groceries. Harvest was a bit early, so I leave the rest in the ground for one more week. My wife prepared a delicious meal with this fresh garlic, and I was surprised how well it tasted. The taste is much more "direct" than what I buy in the store, and it really got me hooked! Coming autumn I'll try to find hardneck garlic, because I want to eat the scapes. Unfortunately, softneck is much more common here in west Japan due to the warm climate.

[trollforge]

I saved 2 bulbs of Red Russian garlic from a local organic grower, that will be broken up and planted tomorrow as soon as the covers go on the raised beds.

[SheriFischerSherGarden]

Garlic is one of my favorite crops. Excellent video on planting technique and as always I like your garden setup for growing cold weather produce.

[phxtonash]

in my yard( Tennessee) I've had no pest problems or disease issues growing garlic. I've only used bulbs from grocery store. my girlfriend eats it roasted by itself, after roasting is tastes sweet.

[gapey]

I just got my garlic in the ground the other day. I'm trying music garlic for the first time. I swapped some of my saved garlic with a friend who gave me some of his music garlic. Only got 3 cloves though. Was surprised how big the cloves were. I planted 81 cloves total of 5 different varieties. I haven't had to buy garlic in a long time. I always grow garlic I've saved from previous years and also swapped with other people to try new varieties. My current favorites are Turkish Giant and Western Rose.

[simonebourgeois]

I go to Christopher Ranch every harvest time to get their yummy garlic. They are based in Gilroy California about an hour drivefrom where I live.

[mjk]

I save a fortune on seeds by just buying organic heirloom produce from the store and harvesting the seeds from it. Of course, I only had to do this the first year and keep my seeds from successive generations for the next year's garden.

[ImASurvivorNThriver]

I LOVE growing herbs in my garden. I'm growing garlic this year too. You're right. Those seed companies charge a LOT! This is a very smart and economic way to go. Thanks for sharing.

[dice]

A friend gave me a bunch of garlic and shallots. I live in 6b so I think I will wait until 1st frost before I plant them.

[mclovin]

Hi, really enjoy your videos, I'm planting some Elephant garlic and some Carcassonne garlic - around 136 cloves in all, I hope it will store well next year.
Anyway, according to one of Juliette de Bairacli Levy's books (Herbal Handbook for Everyone) garlic roots can be used as a bird repellent on seedlings;
"As long ago as 1947, when I was gardener to Professor Edmond Bordeux Szekely on his Nature Ranch in Mexico, near the Californian border, I protected seedlings from the ravages of wild birds, using powdered garlic roots, sprinkled heavily upon and around the seedlings. The idea was a success. The seedlings grew up to safe and healthy maturity, but the garden had a most unpleasant smell after every every shower of rain".
She goes on to mention about powdered bitter herbs (sage, wormwood, southernwood, rue, mugwort and the like) being used for pest control and as a feed, something I will be trying next year as I grew theses herbs this year. Not sure why I bothered to type all this but I guess I'm looking for a complete self sufficient system where nearly everything I grow has more than one use without the need to buy added supports for the plot.
One thing I'm reading up on at the moment is moon gardening and biodynamic gardening, I have started to follow this with my garlic but would like to to chat with anyone who has tried this with or without success, is it worth the time and energy?

[jillhumphrys]

Good vid Patrick! I planted elephant garlic last yr. only had 5. I harvest mid May and the stalks were as big as my wrist! I cooked with most of them, but saved 11 to replant, which I did in September. They started coming up last week. I actually have mine in what I call my perennial onion and garlic bed. I have walking onions on 1 side and the garlic on the other, then common and garlic chives in the corners. I left the middle 3rd empty for now. I think I will plant bulb onions there after I harvest the harvest garlic.

[Matt_j]

I planted my music garlic a few weeks ago. I bought 2 pounds from Seed Savers Exchange and it was more than I needed. I'm diddling on going with a worm bin. I've thought about a flow through but I might just start a basic one and fish out the castings.

[ltlbnsgarden]

Great tip on savings! Your cat 🐱 is gorgeous!

[DaleCalderCampobello]

That is a big savings. I'm growing soft neck for the first time, 3 varieties, and it cost me $4.00 a head.

[RealBradMiller]

I love eating Garlic! Excellent video! Thanks. :)

[dakotabob]

I finally did well with garlic this past year. I planted Music Garlic that I purchased from a local farmer's market. I covered it with 5 inches of hay to help protect it from our frigid winter weather. BTW: I have a little gardening buddy that comes by to visit when I am in the garden. He looks like a young Oscar.

[BenjasUberHobby]

Sounds like you had quite a bit of saving there :)