It's quite easy to grow garlic in your backyard / terrace garden in a pot or in the soil. You can use the garlic cloves from the garlic pod you buy for cooking, for this purpose. Make sure you choose the big and healthy cloves.
I have garlic growing in a tray on my terrace. To plant,prepare the place where you want to grow garlic. Take some lose soil mix it with a little manure making sure that the manure you use is not very strong.You could ask at your local plant nursery as to the suitability of the manure for use at the time of sowing. Sow the garlic cloves two inches deep in the soil. Sprinkle some water on the sowed soil and keep the tray in a place that does not receive direct sunlight. When the shoots begin to appear you can keep them in sunlight. Mind the garden pests like squirrels, crows, pigeons that might destroy the tender shoots before you know it.
I am a beginner at gardening though have been a keen observer of the process since childhood by having some really amazing gardening people around me with their beautiful flowers and vegetable patches for inspiration.
Well,every day there is something new to learn. There are disappointments and there are joys. Disappointments when the seeds die in the soil and all the hard work and patience remains unrewarded. Joys when you get to see the seeds maturing into young healthy plants which at times are laden with flowers while at others with fruity showers!
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