How I Plant Garlic for a Huge 2026 Harvest!
This Video is from the Youtube channel: “Homegrown Passion”.Â
Learn how to plant garlic this fall using compost-rich soil and pine needle mulch for a sustainable, healthy harvest next summer! 🌾 Join Katy from Homegrown Passion as she preps her garlic bed.
Fall at the farm means it’s garlic planting time! In this video, Katy takes you through her complete process — from tilling compost into the garden bed, to separating cloves, planting them root side down, and mulching with pine needles collected right from the farm. 🌱
This is a peaceful, step-by-step look at how to prepare your garlic patch for next year’s harvest — naturally and sustainably. You’ll also learn:
Why fall is the best time to plant garlic
How deep and how far apart to plant cloves
Benefits of using pine needle mulch instead of straw
How to prepare compost-rich soil for strong bulbs
Tips for overwintering garlic in cold climates
Every clove planted is a promise for next summer’s harvest — and this episode captures that simple beauty. 💚
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0:00 Fall’s Last Blooms & The Bees
0:15 Getting Ready for Garlic Planting
0:37 Katy’s Workhorse Tractor (Ford 1520)
1:28 Preparing Garlic Beds with Compost
2:09 Breaking Apart Garlic Bulbs for Planting
3:30 Perfect Fall Weather for Planting
3:53 How Deep & How Far Apart to Plant Garlic
5:03 Planting the Special Giant Clove
5:40 Protecting the Bed from Deer
6:08 Soil Prep & Compost Benefits
6:48 Katy’s Garlic Planting Technique
7:56 Introducing Pine Needle Mulch
9:33 Why Pine Needle Mulch Works So Well
10:07 Wrapping Up the Garlic Bed
10:52 Reflections on Patience & Growth
Can’t wait to see the results of your hard work!
I look forward to July to see what that big clove looks like…2nd one closets to the tunnel…just to remind myself. Amazing how soft and fluffy the soil is. I wish I had soil like that but caliche and limestone is norm for me. Really great video and thank you!
Perfect. Love planting garlic. It’s a crop all gardeners can have reasonably good success with. This year I’ll be planting my usual variety – Sicilian – but also trying a new variety – Norquay. My garlic dealer (ha ha) suggests that I put the bulbs in the fridge for 30-45 days prior to separating and planting so they go through the vernalization process. So far since doing that, I’ve always had great garlic crops. Won’t be planting as many as you just planted, but pretty close! Gotta love a woman who owns her own tractor and tiller 🥰 And all that bending for planting is great for the hamstrings!
Another great video Katy. It is always so great that I can come away learning something new. I was always told that the pine needles were a no to use. I am excited to learn that I can use them as we have an abundance of them around us. Don’t lose track of that one garlic clove I want to see how it grows. Thank you for all your hard work and sharing girl and keep up the great work.
Thanks for the video and info katy.good luck with it.