I planted my garlic last week, and after tucking the 30 plump cloves into their bed, my thoughts turned to protecting them ...

This is good practice for protecting any bulbs you plant, especially those deemed more gastronomically enticing to wildlife ...

I planted my garlic last week, and after tucking the 30 plump cloves into their bed, my thoughts turned to protecting them ...

I planted my garlic last week, and after tucking the 30 plump cloves into their bed, my thoughts turned to protecting them from freezing temperatures and stealth animals that dig them up every year an ...

So, this year, I laid bird netting over the soil (chicken wire ... cuts down on premature sprouting during winter warm spells. Do not use hay, which is grown as animal feed and, as you know ...