Nicole Johnsey BurkeFounder of Gardenary

If you haven’t planted garlic yet, you better get ready! Fall is coming…#garden #garlic #plants

12 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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A short YouTube how-to by Nicole Johnsey Burke explaining how to grow organic garlic at home. The host walks through soil prep (remove spent plants, add a small amount of organic compost), laying out straight rows, using a dibber to make holes about 4 inches deep (shallower in hot areas, deeper in cold), spacing to aim for about nine bulbs per square foot, breaking bulbs into cloves and selecting the largest cloves, planting each clove with the flat end down and tip up, then covering the cloves gently with a rake.

Questions this video answers

About 4 inches (shallower in hot areas, deeper in cold areas).

About nine bulbs of garlic per square foot.

The flat end should face down and the tip should point up.

Chapters

Here's a step by step to grow your own organic garlic at home. First up, prep the soil. Remove any spent plants from last season and feel free to add a little bit of organic compost. Not much is needed though. Then make some nice straight lines. Use a dibber to make perfectly shaped holes about 4 inches down, shallower in hot areas and deeper in cold. I aim to grow about nine bulbs of garlic per square foot with this spacing. Now it's time to prep your garlic. Take an organic bulb of garlic and gently break it into individual cloves. Keep the skin on each clove. Now choose the biggest, biggest cloves. These are the ones you're going to plant and begin to place one in each hole. Be sure the flat end goes down and the tip stays up. Once all your cloves are in, turn your rake upside down and gently cover up all those cloves. And that's exactly how you grow your own garlic at home.

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