They need a sunny position and well-drained soil. To sow garlic, buy a garlic bulb, split off the cloves and plant them, root side down in a 3″ deep hole at 8 inches apart. Supermarket garlic is from warmer weather varieties, so stick to varieties that have been bred to grow well in a cooler summer.

Sow cloves of seed garlic 2 inches (5.1 cm) deep in well-draining soil in a spot that gets at least 6 hours of sunlight a day. Water garlic once a week during the growing season in the spring and summer. Dig up and harvest your garlic in the summer when the bottoms of the stems turn yellow.

To plant, start by separating the garlic bulbs into individual cloves, leaving the papery layer around each clove intact. Choose the largest cloves for planting and use the smaller ones for cooking or preserving. Dig holes in the ground that are around 2 to 3 inches deep to plant your garlic cloves.

Start by separating your garlic bulbs into individual cloves. Select the largest and healthiest cloves for planting. Plant each clove around three or four inches deep with the pointed end facing up. Space the garlic cloves five or six inches apart in 17 or 18-inch rows.