Plot 30

Some cloves planted earlier this year that I've saved and planted at the front of the plot (29 December 2021) that when split up gave four big cloves to plant on in total: Planted the same day: Update 13 February 2022 Found in my cupboard this morning was another whole elephant garlic bulb containing a further five large cloves which I will plant in the same row as the existing ones:

As a means of generating heat underneath a makeshift cloche... Dig a square shaped trench, probably about a foot or so deep: Fill with about 6-7 bags of fairly recent horse manure.  Turn it over thoroughly before firming it down. Cover the remaining with a layer of soil Place cloche (containing some early broad bean sowings) on top.  Within the next few days the heat generated by the decomposing horse manure should regulate the soil temperature a little during this cold February of 2022. A temperature reading taken on 16 February 2022 - approximately 13 degrees Celsius.