mandolls said:There was definitely snow cover. It Wisconsin after all 
Maybe if I had planted it in the center of the bed there would have been enough insulation, but I planted it all around the perimeter, so only 3" of dirt between the cloves and the cedar boards. I just wasn't thinking !
Well, one would think "definitely snow cover," but we've certainly had years when there wasn't that much! And yes, maybe being near the edges of the raised beds made it more susceptible to -- DEATH!
Ken -- serious understatement to say that our growing conditions are different... but softneck garlic seems to do well for me, and I'm still hopeful that the Creole will grow as long as I have it under a hoophouse... time will tell!
