Garlic is in: spacing, depth and the mulch question
Forty-two cloves went in this weekend, two varieties, in the bed the beans came out of. Soil at 10 cm was 11.5 °C at nine in the morning.
Spacing
15 cm between cloves and 25 cm between rows. Last year I used 10 cm and the bulbs were noticeably smaller on the crowded side, although that side also gets less light, so it is not a clean comparison.
Depth
Tip about 3 cm below the surface. On clay I would rather be shallow and mulch than deep and wet.
Mulch
Five centimetres of leaf mould now, and I will pull it back in March if the slugs move in. In 2025 I left straw on until May and lost a third of the row.