Harvest of garlic - bigger than ever!

My garlic harvest of 2011

I harvested my garlic last weekend, and this year is much better than last! Some of the garlic heads have actually split into cloves, and they're also much bigger than last year's. They were in exactly the same spot, so I have to assume it all the home-made compost I've put into the soil has paid off! They have a saying in Spain that you should plant the garlic in St Martin's day (11 November) and harvest it on St Peter's day (29 June, today exactly), and this season I haven't been more than a week off either side, so maybe that is the trick :-)

Aqui estan mis ajos, que coseche en unos dias antes de San Pedro. Este ano son mucho mas grandes que el ano pasado, y eso que los plante en el mismo sitio! A lo mejor fue porque mezcle compost casero con la tierra. O eso, o es porque segui los consejos tradicionales y los plante en San Martin y los coseche en San Pedro (semana arriba o abajo)! :-) Pero el caso es que estan mucho mas grandes que el ano pasado, de hecho el ano pasado no tenian ni dientes, eran todos una bola uniforme (del tamano de una canica gorda), pero mirad que hermosos estan estos!