In my old garden, I grew garlic for years, saving the biggest cloves for planting in the late fall every year from the heads I harvested that summer. Well, in the hell that was the last year of my life, I harvested garlic the previous summer, and it got put away and things got moved around and I broke my ankle so they just never got planted or eaten up. In a way, that's good as I would not have them now. But when I managed to go back and grab my things, I found the basket I had put the harvest in. Most of the garlic was no longer good for cooking (it should of been planted months ago!) and so I carefully picked out the ones that looked most like they had a chance at growing though I had my doubts about them. I didn't want to lose my stock completely so I stuck them in the ground out back of the new place. I planted 15, and to my surprise, all 15 took and grew. Well, they are rather weak looking (and yes, they need some weeds pulled....) and they are not in a very sunny location as I didn't have time when I reacquired them to make a proper bed, but at least they are ALIVE!!! I would usually be harvesting them soon but since I just planted them a month ago that's not going to happen. I may make a better bed for them and move them into a sunnier spot this fall, but I won't be harvesting them.
I'm just so glad that they are ALIVE!!!
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