These blooming stalks that grow from garlic bulbs are a delicious and versatile ingredient to use in various recipes.

Garlic scapes are the tender stem and flower bud of a hardneck garlic plant. (Hardneck garlic is the kind of garlic that typically grows in Canada and the northeastern U.S.) Scapes first grow straight ...

“Oh, that miracle clove! Not only does garlic taste good, it cures baldness and tennis elbow, too.”—Laurie Burrows Grad Can you believe this weather? It was nearly 80 degrees this past ...

As we enter the middle of fall, it’s time to plant garlic! Garlic is a member of the allium family along with onions, ...

Garlic types fall into either hardneck or softneck varieties. Hardneck varieties do well in colder climates. They have a flower stalk called a scape and are referred to as “bolting” varieties.

One of my favorite episodes of the vegetable gardening year is when my wife Suzanne and I go out in October to plant the next ...

There are two main types of garlic: hardneck and softneck. Hardneck varieties, such as 'Romanian Red' and 'German Extra Hardy', form a flower stalk or scape in spring that can be harvested and eaten.

Campbell policewoman Margaret Leitz ran toward the gunfire at the 2019 Gilroy Garlic Festival mass shooting, rescued a woman who had been shot in the head and helped others escape over a five-foot ...

One bonus of garlic that Asian-descended friends have taught me to prize are the “scapes,” the flower stalks that pop up from the garlic plants in June. I had long made a point of snipping the scapes ...