I am going to need help with onions and garlic

[vfem]

I am going to lowe's today to buy my onion and garlic bulbs. I been searching for this for weeks.

I've cleared out my tomato beds and turned in some compost. I want to get the bulbs in by next week.

Now, how do I go about planting these, and putting onions and garlic in the same bed are ok!? I'm in Zone 7 so do I need to cover these over the winter or are we generally mild enough to just leave them out!?

 

[simple life]

I am in zone 6 and for the garlic make sure you plant them deep enough that they don't heave out of the ground over winter.
I go around two inches deeper than than the bulb.
I attended a workshop last weekend for garlic and that is what they also recommended.
You can put a layer of straw mulch over it but it may not be necessary in your zone.
The onions I think are really about the same idea for planting but I am sure you will get other more experienced advice on them.
What kind are you thinking of doing?
I ordered some french shallots this year... mmm its gonna be a long wait. Those are so good.
I hope you have better luck with your garlic than I did, mine grew fine but my 5 year old daughter "weeded the big fat grass" for me so alas, no garlic for me this year.
I ordered several kinds of garlic and bought some at a market last week as I am feeling adventurous and figure its a good way to see what grows well here.

Edited to add, it may be still kind of early to plant your garlic, most places don't even start shipping them until the middle of the month, the onion sets too.

 

[bid]

I am ready to plant garlic also. I plant mine as simple life said, about 2 inches deeper than the bulb. I do throw a bit of wheat straw mulch over mine, but not a lot...more to kind of hold the freshly turned soil in case of a heavy rain than anything else. I don't think you need to cover them, I never do...of course this year has been odd weatherwise for me. I am wondering what kind of winter we will have. I have "volunteers" coming up from the ones I missed this summer. It is a bit early I think to plant, but it was in the 50's here this morning. That makes me think go ahead and get them in the ground.

Remember that it will likely be the end of June or middle of July before the garlic is ready to be harvested.

Onions...I can't help. I only grow green/scallion types.