By Verdantis Press. Author Verdantis Press. This practical garlic growing guide shows beginners how to grow garlic from cloves with clear, step-by-step instructions for planting, caring for, harvesting, curing, and storing a successful, you’ll learn when to plant garlic in fall or spring, how deep to plant garlic cloves, how far apart to space them, and how to choose between hardneck and softneck garlic for your climate.