Lower your blood pressure and cholesterol, fight heart disease, boost your immune system and add a bit of flavor to your meals by growing your own garlic. This vegetable has been used as both food and ...

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 ...

Garlic fits every kind of gardener – from beginners just starting a vegetable garden to seasoned cooks growing for improved flavor and freshness. The trick lies in choosing a type suited to your ...

A head of garlic, like tulips or daffodils, is a bulb you can plant in the fall, but it offers more than just beauty. You can harvest the flower stalk and the bulb as well. According to Emma Erler, ...

Garlic (Allium sativum) is a rewarding crop for the home gardener. I am always amazed that the growth it pushes out in fall survives through the winter to produce a harvestable vegetable in summer. If ...

Another ‘summer’ refuses to leave SETX and is lingering a bit too long (in my opinion), as it does each year. Fall is near at hand, which is a great time to discuss growing garlic. We are located ...

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 ...

Garlic belongs to the allium family, which includes onions, shallots, chives, and even some ornamental plants. People have strong feelings about garlic; they either love it or hate it. Whether you add ...

Master Gardener Lisa Wilson explains the scape of a garlic plant and how it can be used to flavor food. Wilson talked about garlic with a handful of gardeners at the Williamsburg Public Library Sunday ...