Garlic is an excellent, nutritious ingredient used in a variety of large meals and small recipes for centuries throughout the world. Civilizations across human history have used garlic for medicinal ...

Garlic has many uses in cuisines from around the world. It is also an easy and rewarding crop for home gardeners. Fall is the ideal time to plant garlic, as a cool period is necessary for the clove to ...

Heads bent to the task at hand, my brother Henry and his farm­hands, interns, and their families kneel in the soft soil and breathe in both the yeasty aromas rising up from the freshly tilled earth ...

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 ...

It's garlic planting time - you can be earlier than “that shortest day” myth! Usually people say: plant on shortest day and harvest on the longest day. That gives a bit of an indication of how garlic ...

Whether you are new to gardening or a seasoned pro, garlic is a fairly easy crop to grow, and now is the time to start planting your garlic for a harvest early next summer. When planting garlic, the ...

If your garlic has been sitting around too long and is now sporting a green shoot, you may wonder if you can use it to grow a new one. Plenty of gardeners try planting store-bought garlic straight ...

Garlic (Allium sativum) is a culinary staple in many kitchens and is best planted in fall, at least three weeks before the ground freezes so the roots have a chance to develop, but the shoots do not ...

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 ...

Garlic, the humble yet potent bulb, has been a culinary staple for centuries. Growing your own garlic is a rewarding endeavor, offering a bounty of bulbs with flavors far superior to the store-bought ...