One of my favorite moments of the vegetable gardening year is when my wife Suzanne and I go out in October to plant the next year’s garlic crop. Garlic should be planted between Oct. 1 and Nov. 15 to ...
When growing hardneck varieties, you will see scapes emerge from plants during this time. Remove the scapes to promote larger bulbs. Garlic scapes are edible and delicious. Add them to any dish ...
Garlic, prized in Ayurveda, offers numerous health benefits but consuming it excessively can cause digestive problems, bad breath, allergies, bleeding issues, dizziness from low blood pressure ...
Vernalization is important for the success of your garlic. Vernalization is the process of cooling the seed or bulb to accelerate plant growth. By planting garlic in the fall, you are giving ...
Straw is a beneficial mulch material that helps regulate soil temperatures, prevents bulbs and plant crowns from lifting out of the ground during the freeze-thaw cycles of winter, adds nutrients to ...
An curved arrow pointing right. America used to produce almost all of its own garlic — until Chinese imports flooded in, bankrupting three-quarters of US producers. We visited the largest ...