If you're starting a home garden, growing your own garlic is an easy way to keep a pungent ingredient close at hand. Though you may be tempted to remove and dispose of any curly green flowering shoots ...

My garlic is "scaping," not "escaping!" Scapes are the unopened flower heads of hard neck garlic, which many folks used to discard so that the energy of the plant isn't wasted in the flower. Now chefs ...

I have discovered that garlic is a wonderfully easy and enormously satisfying crop to grow. After planting and mulching my ...

I noticed onion flowers and garlic flowers in my garden last summer. What caused this, and, in the future, should I remove the flowering stems or let them bloom? Onions are biennial, which means they ...

Is it a weed or a garden plant? Garlic chives are among those plants — paulownia tree, Jerusalem artichoke, mint and anise hyssop are others — that can parade under either guise. Garlic chives come ...

It’s bulb season. About this time of year, people punch holes in the ground and plop in bulbs that sleep all winter, shooting up in the spring. Tiny green blub shoots poking up from the dirt are one ...

Garlic from the garden has a punchier smell, juicier texture and a taste that hits the tongue After tasting homegrown garlic for the first time, I came up with a theory. I think famous chefs have ...

Near-neutral pH between 6.5 and 7.0 is best for growing garlic. How does garlic grow? Here is a concise primer on how to start growing garlic that covers varieties, when to plant, pest prevention, and ...

Organically cultivated garlic plantation in the vegetable garden - Yuriys/Getty Images If you're starting a home garden, growing your own garlic is an easy way to keep a pungent ingredient close at ...