Garlic is well known for its culinary gifts, but this relative of onions and leeks is also a gift to gardeners. Easy to plant and low maintenance, it only requires some simple weeding and patience in ...

Several weeks before the ground freezes (between the first frost and early November) is the ideal time to plant garlic to harvest next summer. Garlic reproduction is vegetative, meaning new plants are ...

Transform discarded plastic bottles into a thriving garlic garden right at home! This eco-friendly method is perfect for ...

Garlic is inexpensive at the grocery store. But consider this: Garlic is also really easy to grow. And if you’ve been disappointed one time too many by dried-out, tasteless cloves from a grocery-store ...

Winter often feels like the end of the gardening season, but it doesn't have to be. Many vegetables, herbs, and other plants can be started indoors during the colder months. Not only does this give ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If there's one thing pro and amateur cooks alike can agree on, it's the irreplaceable presence of garlic ...

Like humans who have similar traits to our relatives, so does the plant genus, Allium, part of the Amaryllidaceae family. The Allium genus is made up of edibles (onion, garlic, leeks, chives) and ...

Garlic is one of my favorite vegetables to grow. There’s just something about planting a crop in the fall when everything else in the vegetable garden is finished. Since garlic is planted in the fall, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... One fall, I planted garlic in my backyard garden. I divided cloves from a handful of heads and pressed them a few inches deep into soil. Then I forgot all ...