Garlic bulbs are typically harvested in summer when the plant’s leaves start to yellow and dry out. Unless you intend to freeze, can, or use the garlic in recipes immediately, fresh garlic must be ...

One of the benefits of growing your own fruit and vegetables is having a steady flow of home-grown crops to enjoy throughout fall and winter. Aside from pickling, preserving or freezing a bumper ...

We should be displaying our garden produce the way hunters display deer heads. Pulling a humongous carrot from your own ...

You have gotten your garlic out of the ground, now the next step is to prepare it for curing and storage. The two main processes involved here are trimming and cleaning, and you will find that the ...

If you live anywhere in Climate Zones 4 to 7 in North America (not sure what other terms are used elsewhere in the world), ...

Garlic prefers loose, well-draining soil – a loam or sandy loam soil works best. Good soil structure and drainage are key to ...

Fall-planted garlic grows at the Iowa State University Student Organic Farm north of Ames. Garlic may not be the first crop that comes to mind when thinking of Iowa, but many varieties do very well in ...

Why are my garlic cloves brown? I grow it from certified disease-free heads and rotate the garlic to avoid disease. We see from your photo that you’ve cut off the stem and roots. We suspect the garlic ...

the best time to plant garlic, like this German Extra Hardy garlic, in our area is from late September to mid-October, depending on where you live. (Southern Exposure Seed Exchange) Most of us have at ...

Here are some of the responses to the column on storing and curing garlic: In the article on garlic storage (Golden Gate Gardener, July 7), Pam Peirce mentions storing it under olive oil, and only ...

Now that it's time to think about planting root crops, you might want to grow every kind of onion or other allium that strikes your fancy. But don't spend all your time growing storage onions that you ...

If you read my articles about planting garlic published last fall and decided to grow some yourself, you’re in for a surprise this spring. Check your garden and you should see onion-like leaves ...