Fall is the prime time for planting garlic to grow your own large, plump cloves. Getting garlic in the ground before it freezes yields the best results. If you miss your fall planting window, you can ...

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 ...

Fresh garlic from your garden is hard to beat, and now is the time to get it started for next year. Let’s look at a few tips for a successful garlic crop using science and some practical gardening ...

If you're like me, by the time fall rolls around, you're feeling pretty wiped out in terms of gardening. After months of watering, weeding, staking tomatoes and battling pests for a bite of that fresh ...

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 ...

A. September is an ideal time to plant garlic. It requires a long growing season and exposure to cold for best development. When the tops turn brown, in June of the following year, it is mature and ...

Garlic (Allium sativum) is usually grown outdoors for its edible bulbs and greens. However, with some skill, you can learn how to grow garlic indoors, which is a perfect solution for urban growers who ...

Knowing the right time to plant garlic is key to a successful harvest. While this root crop depends on cooler temperatures to grow and thrive, the ideal planting time will depend on your gardening ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “Stop and smell the garlic! That’s all you have to do.” — William Shatner The word is out about homegrown garlic. And the word is flavor. Go ahead and ask: ...

Before planting garlic cloves from your kitchen, here’s what to know about better options. Garlic from the grocery store may sprout, but it will likely produce undersized cloves. By planting grocery ...

I spent as much time in our garden as I could this season. Recovery from surgery kept me from roaming around out there as much as I normally would, but most of the goodies didn’t go to waste because I ...