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 ...

There’s something special about garlic. It stands bold in the kitchen, elevates meals, wards off blandness, and carries centuries of folklore on its papery shoulders. Yet, for all its culinary fame, ...

If you've never planted garlic in your garden, you're missing out. Garlic (Allium sativum) is one of the easiest crops to grow. It's not finicky, has few pests and diseases, and rabbits and deer tend ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jurgute / Getty Images Fall is the prime time for planting garlic to grow your own large, plump cloves. Getting garlic in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Autumn creeps in with just enough rain to make working in the garden a pleasure again. We can dig! The dust has settled, foliage in the wild places is washed clean and the lawn begins to green up.

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 ...

As we enter the middle of fall, it’s time to plant garlic! Garlic is a member of the allium family along with onions, shallots, and leeks, and is botanically considered a bulb. It is covered in an ...

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 ...