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 ...

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 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 ...

There’s something special about garlic. It stands bold in the kitchen, elevates meals, wards off blandness, and carries ...

Want to grow something edible in the coming seasons without increasing your landscape water requirements? There is an edible crop you can grow in your perennial beds that you can count on to produce, ...

After garlic scape season is over, garlic flowers are ready, full of garlic seeds. You don't usually see these at the greenmarkets unless you ask a kind farmer to bring them in for you, but if you do, ...

Cultivating garlic indoors offers a rewarding way to enjoy fresh greens and even bulbs year-round. Success hinges on proper ...

Garlic plants require at least six hours of bright indirect light daily to grow properly, and this is particularly important ...

In garlic patches across the Northern Hemisphere, the scapes are up. This means garlic growers can enjoy the first tangible reward of their labors. Non-growers can enjoy scapes too, if they frequent ...

HUDSON, Ohio -- On a steamy June evening at Thaxton’s Organic Garlic in Hudson, scape season was in the air. Literally. The delicious aroma wafted from the fields and from the refrigerator Fred ...