Garlic and Shallots

Garlic and shallots are surprisingly easy, and very cool to grow. It is one of those things that doesn’t take a lot of room but has strong flavor so you feel like you have accomplished a lot by growing them.

Instructions for growing garlic: take an unpeeled garlic clove and shove it tip up in the soil. Water until it is about to grow flowers. Stop watering it and don’t let it grow flowers (pull off any bud like growths). Let it dry out. Pull up the entire bulb and enjoy

Instructions for growing shallots: see instructions for growing garlic

There are of course a million tips on how to grow garlic if you just google it. But I recommend just trying it this way and seeing what happens. Gardening is not as hard as it is made out to be.