Friday we went out to our old house that we sold last Fall and collected all our garlic. All 55 bulbs. I had made arrangements with the new owner that come summer I was to come and collect my bounty. And is it beautiful! David is putting the garlic in bundles of five and stringing them in the shed for 6 weeks to dry.

The last crop to go into the garden, garlic is planted in fall and harvested the following summer. Flavorful, nutritious, and helpful for warding off vampires, garlic also is easy to grow as long as you plant varieties suited to your climate. Fertile, well-drained soils with a near-neutral pH between 6.5 and 7.0 are best for growing garlic.