Garlic is one of the most rewarding crops to grow at home. It requires very little maintenance, thrives in free-draining soil and produces fragrant, flavourful bulbs that can be used in everything ...

Planting supermarket garlic may produce a crop, but ideally, use the hefty bulbs sold for planting, as the larger cloves will give a better crop more reliably. Autumn-planted garlic usually matures in ...

Homegrown garlic is such a luxury for cooks who love fresh ingredients. If you’ve ever wondered how to grow garlic, you’ll be pleased to know it’s one of the easiest crops to master. Just plant a few ...

Fall is the best time to plant garlic for a summer harvest. Both the softneck and hardneck types of garlic can be planted now. The softneck varieties are found in most grocery stores. They have a mild ...

You may have seen people plant garlic cloves (Allium sativum) in the garden only to harvest bulbs several months later. While growing garlic is pretty easy to do outdoors, it’s a little more tricky to ...

Though we might be spending less time outdoors as the winter months draw in, there are several jobs you'll want to tackle outside before shutting the doors for good, and one of them involves placing ...

It’s one of those ingredients you either love or hate when it comes to cooking - but garlic has a surprising use outside of the kitchen. Indeed, outside of the entire house. Some gardeners swear by ...

All the flowers and vegetables to plant in November, plus all the garden jobs to tick off during the month - from pruning to sowing spring-flowering bulbs.

There are few things in the world as cute as a baby animal... except maybe seeing a baby animal play around and be goofy the same way a human kid would. Babies of all species really do have a lot in ...

In addition to violent cycles of famine, droughts, cattle rustling and counter-insurgency operations in Karamoja (north-eastern Uganda) – people are increasingly facing violence inflicted upon them by ...

Garlic plants require at least six hours of bright indirect light daily to grow properly, and this is particularly important if you want to grow garlic bulbs rather than greens. If you have a bright ...