Garlic thrives in full-sun locations with rich, well-draining soil that has a pH of between 6.0 and 7.0. Make sure that you plant garlic in a location that receives a minimum of 6 to 8 hours of direct ...

Generally speaking, garlic is easy to grow, but for a more substantial and healthier yield, there are some steps you cannot ...

As we start to bring in the harvest from our gardens, we begin looking forward to next season. We start cleaning off garden space, ...

Garlic is an ideal crop for autumn planting. Learn when to plant in your growing zone for the biggest bulbs with plenty of ...

Choose a spot in full sun, which is considered 6 or more hours of direct sunlight. Garlic doesn’t like wet feet, so make sure ...

Garlic is essentially hands-off, and then you get to harvest home-grown garlic next June. Plus, garlic keeps a pretty long ...

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 ...

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 the ...

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 ...

Garlic (Allium sativum) has been cultivated for thousands of years and is an incredibly easy vegetable to grow. While grocery stores tend to carry only one or two types of garlic, hundreds of garlic ...

The gardening season has rushed past us quicker than usual this year — at least it feels that way to me. It seems like we just finished harvesting our garlic crop and now it’s already time to plant ...