15 July 2023 | August, Gardening tips, Garlic, Monthly Guides, Root Vegetables
August Garlic TipAug 15, 2021 | Gardening tips, Garlic This hint covers the end of winter and the beginning of spring which have slightly different requirements. The first thing to do is observe your garlic plants and note whether there is any yellowing on the tips or...
6 July 2023 | Gardening tips, Garlic, July, Monthly Guides, Root Vegetables
July garlic hint July is an easy month! All you need to do is keep your garlic weed free, netted to prevent cockatoo strike and watered if there is insufficient rain. If you did not enrich your soil prior to planting, give each row a side dressing of blood and bone...
1 June 2023 | Gardening tips, Garlic, June, Monthly Guides, Root Vegetables
June garlic hint There is not much to do for garlic in June – it is now too late to plant it. Presuming you have weeded, mulched and watered your patch, you have done all you need to. Now it is time to wait until the shortest day after which garlic heads will...
28 February 2023 | Garlic
The shelf-life of garlic: choose cultivars to last year round Garlic isn’t just garlic! Garlic encompasses a wide range of flavours from spicy to buttery, nutty to sweet, mild to hot and more. There are 11 groups, several of which are not grown in Australia, and...