Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  croup, spasmodic laryngitis(noun) a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing. 2  hindquarters, croup, croupe, rump(noun) the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks.
Keep an eye on the garlic after it has been planted. As bulbs of garlic form in the ground, thin green leaves sprout through the dirt. These leaves are a direct indicator of how well the garlic is doing; when they begin to brown from the bottom up, the garlic will be ready to harvest shortly. Check the size of the garlic bulbs when the leaves are about 1/3 brown.
1 In areas that get a hard frost, plant garlic 6 to 8 weeks before that frost. In southern areas, February or March is a better time to plant. 2  Break apart cloves from bulb a few days before planting, but keep the papery husk on each individual clove.  Plant cloves about one month before the ground freezes.