This is the second year I grow my own garlic.

I wonder how doable that is in a dorm. Possibly feasible and I do like to cook with garlic a lot, but, of course, I've had a couple times where the garlic would just start growing and I'd toss them. How do you use the leaves? And is the dark and dry place necessary? I feel like I'm asking a lot of obvious questions. haha Oh! And do you think garlic would grow alright in a small garden pot?

NO time, no time, but I do like to go to the farmer's market and stock up on fresh veggies (and fruit).

Good idea about the garlic! I've done that with leeks and scallions, but hadn't thought of garlic! What a dummy, huh? Every little bit we can do to save a bit at the grocery store on items that we can produce ourselves, will help when getting other items that we can't produce. Not to mention the satisfaction. Thanks for your post!

In addition to save my money, relax my mind. I have a small gardern where I grow tomatoes, zucchini, onions, potatoes and more. I never cried the garlic. In what month do I plant it?

Congrats to that marguicha! Surely it will have a big difference in the way you budget expenses at home. When we are staying in house with a big backyard, we used to grow and harvest around 6 veggies/fruits. We don't need to buy those in the market especially if there is something we can get from them. I missed having those when we shifted to our new house, we don't have any big space now to plant those veggies and fruits.

It must be very therapeutic to have your own vegetable garden.Using your own fresh vegetable/herbs is a great way to save money and time if you want soem fresh stuff for a recipe or a dish.The rain in here is still a little aggressive so i might start planting this late November my brother is really good at gardening.I miss the fresh eggplants that he grows.

Hello my dear friend Marguicha. It is excellent that you spend less money at the farmers market because you are growing some of your own veggies. My mom likes to grow green beans, peas, strawberries and raspberries. I prefer to grow hardy tropical plants in my garden. I buy fruit and vegetables at the supermarket and the green grocers. Your own garlic sounds superb. Hug.

Bet you wondered where I was...on this one, guicha? I am late, cuz yesterday...it was sunny, but cold...and I was turning over my LAST Garlic bed! I have exhausted, other than this last plot, the gardens that I already have prepared for Garlic...need to change beds every two years, as a disease will set up in the soil...! Last year, I planted 897 cloves, lost only 11 to disease, so this summer, early August when I harvested (my son helped) we had 163 pounds of Garlic! The most impressive crop I have ever had! Some bulbs were the size of your fist! At the price they are asking here...$13.99 a pound..that's nearly $2300.00--almost enough money for a trip to Santiago...marguicha! This year, so far, I have only 250 cloves in the soil, but when I finish this last bed...I will have another 200 in! I always want to grow enough, so that I have my planting stock for the next year...and of course, eating stock! I only grow HARDNECK...as they are so much easier to keep! And I prefer the much larger bulbs that hardneck grow into...under proper conditions nearly the size of Elephant Garlic, yet they retain their pungency! With so many, I usually freeze or pickle the "scapes" (the little seed bulb on top)..as with so many, we get tired of using it all at once! Growing so many, I eliminate weeding, by mulching heavily between the rows, which also helps retain the moisture in the soil! OH, Gosh...you touched on a subject that is near and dear to my heart...Growing Garlic...BUT when my son comes home, I will get him to help me post a picture of my Chards, Kales..and Beets that I planted early Fall and am eating regularly! I hope this day found you, bright of spirit! God Bless you, dear friend! HUGZ!

That is a really interesting suggestion and something that I might have to try next year, since we are coming into the winter here now. As far as growing my own vegetables, we try to grow our own tomatoes because of the fact that everyone in our house loves tomatos and I know that we would all go broke if we had to buy as many tomatoes as the kids like to eat during the warm months of the year.

I just began to grow my first vegetables last spring : the price of organic veggies is high and the various treatment received by veggies sold in supermarkets are scaring. I began with carrots, and I have also grown this year some tomatoes, radishes, salads and leeks -- they will be good to pick next year --. I have not tried garlic for the moment, but eating green leaves of garlic is something I have already done with a savage garlic growing in woods here, called bears garlic -- allium ursinum -- : it is less strong than normal garlic and is becoming popular for cooking.

My plant different kinds of veggies like amplaya, okra and malunggay. I really loved malunggay.

I don't really do gardening but my mom loves doing it and she loves her garden a lot :) This year we had a lot of veggies. We had a lot of chillies and potatoes this summer and a lot of groundnuts too!! It's all thanks to mom

I am also planning to have my own veggies grown. I also find in relaxing seeing life blossom before your eyes. I don't have a backyard and my space is limited that is why I have decided to have the vegetables grown in recycled materials filled with organic materials and have them hanged on the wall. Doing so, it will also serve as a decoration in the house and a reminder to me to monitor their growth. This is a project that I am really looking forward to and I know that this is really worth my time :)

i used to planet veggies that give the result soon.onion and tomatto are the planets that i used to planet

I can kill weeds, so I just pass trying to grow food...

I haven't started growing anything yet, but seeing you write about it, I think it would be nice if I could start. I would probably have to wait until spring since it is just now starting to get cold at least part of the time. I can't believe it was 65 today since it is so close to winter. What kinds of things can be done either inside only or started inside and done in planters? I know how to do potatoes, but beyond that it would be pretty hit and miss for me. Have a great weekend!!!

Onion leaves! Yes, that was the first plant I had at home. Later I planted malunggay(moringa)and for how many years we do not buy malunggay and onion in the market anymore. I am curious about how garlic grows... I wanna try it for it is so expensive compared to malunggay and oinons.

I only see garlic in the market or store and haven't try to plant it.We do have eggplant,string beans and tomato in our little backyard.It really useful all time especially when it is harvest time.You can eat fresh veggies from your backyard that is delicious and worth it.

Some interesting ideas about garlic. I just heard on tv the other day that the healthiest way to eat garlic is raw. I thought wow that would be strong. But, if one were to eat the leaves it might not be so bad. I do some patio gardening and home grown tastes much better than store bought.

Don't ever forget that *garlic greens*- the lovely green shoots that come out of garlic before they branch off a second time are quite delicious too!! I especially enjoy them with eggs! They even will grow from each bulb several times after you clip them for eating. And so are the garlic scapes!! They are considered a delicacy by many chefs. By planting your own garlic, you can truly benefit from a variety of flavors and maximize your nutrient intake.