Garlic cloves take 250-270 days to mature into a large bulb. The biggest and best-tasting garlic is planted in the fall, though it can be planted in spring. Softneck garlic varieties do best in mild ...

Although you don’t usually plant garlic until mid-October the topic needs some attention now. Garlic is easy to grow, a good companion plant, usually not eaten by wildlife and very popular. Note ...

There are a few reasons you might have missed planting garlic in late autumn. Although fall is the perfect time, life gets in the way. Perhaps you were planning to move to a new home. Maybe you just ...

October is a great time to start thinking about ordering and planting your garlic, which will be harvested next summer. Did you ever wonder how “garlic” got its name? The word comes from the Old ...

Hopefully some readers were gifted with rain during the past week! This isn’t the case for most of us (me included), who are dragging garden hoses around the property daily to provide much needed ...

One of the easiest crops to grow in the home garden is garlic. You plant it in the fall and harvest it in mid-June. And once it is in the soil it requires almost no care, other than applying a thick ...

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 ...

Planting garlic in the fall is one of the simplest and most rewarding things you can do in your garden. No matter how much experience you have, garlic is a forgiving crop that rewards patience.

Unlike most food crops that are planted in the spring, garlic is planted in the fall, sometime around Columbus Day. Fresh garlic can be found in the kitchens of those who enjoy cooking, but it’s not ...