[Kleftiwallah]

Good morning everyone,
 the garlic is growing well, 6-7" (inches),  do I need to protect it or leave it to the ravages of a wild, windy and wet Wiltshire winter!

The plants look remarkably even highted (highted)?  how about tall!

Cheers,  Tony.

[AndyRVTR]

I tend to just leave mine uncovered and let them get on with it, doesn't seem to do them any harm.

[Hampshire Hog]

Mine are under a cloche lest the **** rabbits decide to eat them before they are mature. Left them uncovered last year and had a very poor crop as a result of the rabbit attack. Unfortunately we are inundated at our allotment due to rabbits being driven off the local building sites and onto our plots!!

[Kleftiwallah]

So it's one for and one against...Casting vote anyone?

Cheers,  Tony.

[New shoot]

I have never put a cloche on mine, but they are inside a fenced area on the plot,  as I had some munching pests last year - muntjac deer rather than rabbits. 

There is a risk of newly planted cloves rotting in very wet soil.  The winter weather does not seem to bother them once they have got going.

[Hampshire Hog]

Just to clarify I have previously had good crops from unprotected garlic.
It’s just we have a major rabbit problem due to excessive building in our village driving them onto the allotments. Can’t really blame the wildlife if we build on their habitats.

[AnneB]

Never cover mine and it usually does very well.  Only problem I ever get is if the ground gets flooded, I occasionally lose one or two in our heavy clay soil, but covering them wouldn't help.
Cold and wind not a problem.