Two month ago, I bought garlic bulbs for planting. In Japan, when you go to gardening shops in August, you easily spot them. Since I studied about a continuous cropping problem, which was cased by growing same crops in the same soil year after year, I've wanted to grow some garlic. It's my first time, so I studied how to plant them on YouTube.

First, I needed to pull out my old plants and weeds. Some of my okras are still producing pods, so I've still leaved them.

I removed all the plants I didn't need and prepared for the garlic. Through my experiences, soil is very important to make larger products. After pulling out all the plants, I added some fresh soil and organic fertilizer. I mixed them with a shovel to loosen the soil.

While preparing the soil, I separated the each bulb into the cloves.

Then, I started planting the each one in the ground. I've learned planting garlic require a good timing, but the weather in October was like riding a roller coaster. One day, it was hot, and the next it was cold. It was very hard for me to decide when I would plant. We can check the weekly weather forecast, but it wasn't enough to help me make up my mind.

After that, two typhoons brought heavy rain. I was very worried about my garlic. About two weeks later, I was delighted to discover some of the cloves had sprouting!

Yesterday, we had another really heavy rain, so I started worrying about them again. I can't guess how much garlic I'll be able to harvest next spring, but I'll do my best! I'm planning on making fermented garlic with them, which is my ultimate goal for this project.

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