Pasta with scapes

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10. It's not at all difficult.

DH built a long narrow raised bed next to the garden shed and planted garlic cloves a friend gave him to start. He covered the bed with straw over the winter and all the cloves popped up as Spring arrived. The garlic should be ready to harvest in a few weeks then he'll start his planting routine again in October.

There are plenty of resources online for growing information and garlic for starting a garlic bed. A local grower/landscaper here has a Hot & Stinky garlic festival every August that's attended by several garlic experts who sell garlic for seeding and share growing information for new home growers. There has to be a farmer somewhere in your area who could help you with information. We live in farm country which is a big plus but a few of our friends also grow it in their home gardens.