Garlic growing

This early sunshine has given the garlic I planted before Christmas a real growth spurt. The two rows to the right are regular garlic, while the next two rows are elephant garlic which, you guessed it, promises huge chunky bulbs.

Together with the garlic planted earlier this month and a proper storage system the plan is to be completely self sufficient in garlic this year. It's one of those small things that is thrown in the shopping basket at every trip with little regard to the cost but actually those little white bulbs will add up to quite a large annual bill. At least that's the plan, it could be rotted bulbs and back to Waitrose before Christmas...