Garlic is one of my favorite vegetables to grow. There’s just something about planting a crop in the fall when everything else in the vegetable garden is finished. Since garlic is planted in the fall, ...

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 ...

Part 1 discusses options for where to buy garlic for planting and information regarding calculating the amount of seed required. It is nearing the time of year when people begin asking me about the ...

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 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 ...

The earthy, pungent smell of a freshly smashed garlic clove in olive oil or butter can fill a kitchen and home with a warm coziness within seconds — planting that garlic can be painstakingly slow. At ...

Garlic is one of those vegetables that generates many different comments. Some people love it, others hate it, and opinions about it can fall anywhere between those two extremes. A question I often ...