While it’s tempting to treat garlic as a plant-and-forget crop, it will only reward you richly if you treat it well. A clove planted in the fall won’t magically turn into a fat bulb by summer unless ...

Garlic is a beloved aromatic plant that is a staple in a myriad of cuisines. It’s also been used for centuries for its purported healing properties, including protecting against the common cold and ...

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

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

A head of garlic, like tulips or daffodils, is a bulb you can plant in the fall, but it offers more than just beauty. You can harvest the flower stalk and the bulb as well. According to Emma Erler, ...

Garlic is an easy crop that will grow anywhere in the U.S., when planted the right way at the right time. For the best, biggest garlic, plant in autumn during the window of time ideal for your USDA ...

Hopefully some readers were gifted with rain during the past week! This isn’t the case for most of us (me included), who are dragging garden hoses around the property daily to provide much needed ...

Garlic is a bulb with joined segments (called cloves) that make up a head. Each clove is actually a miniature bulb that stores energy to sprout and create a new plant. Garlic is almost always planted ...

With the arrival of September, gardeners begin planting garlic and shallots, establishing crops now for harvest in the following growing season. Like spring flower bulbs, gardeners know garlic and ...