This may not look like much to you, but it makes me happy.  Last week I planted garlic and potatoes for next year's harvest. 

 

Garlic is in the same family as onions, lilies, daffodils, etc.  So we plant it in the fall, just like spring flowering bulbs.  

 

Garlic is so easy to plant.  Just fluff up the soil to about 4 inches depth, and place the cloves pointy end up, about 2 inches apart.  Cover with a few inches of mulch to protect them against the winter cold, and next June-July you'll have garlic bulbs!!!  You can even plant them in your flower beds, they are that pretty.  

 

I read this year about planting potatoes in the fall too.  I planted whole potatoes using the same method as the garlic, and we'll see what happens.  I have $2.99 invested, for the potential of two full rows of potatoes.  I'll let you know how it works out.  

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!