Garlic can be an effective natural pest repellent, but it won't protect all plants against every type of pest, and you need to apply it in the right quantity at the right time. Planting garlic ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If there's one thing pro and amateur cooks alike can agree on, it's the irreplaceable presence of garlic ...

Winter might seem like a time to pack up your garden tools and call it a season, but did you know it's one of the best times to grow hardy crops like garlic, onions, and shallots? These delicious, ...

Yes, you can grow garlic in containers. If there is a lack of garden space in full sun, then container growing could be good for you. Gardeners who have had problems with white rot and Fusarium basal ...

One of the easiest crops to grow in the home garden is garlic. You plant it in the fall and harvest it in mid-June. And once it is in the soil it requires almost no care, other than applying a thick ...

Growing garlic takes serious patience — up to 10 months in some cases. But once you finally pull fully matured garlic from the ground, you can slice the cloves in different ways (it affects the taste) ...

Like humans who have similar traits to our relatives, so does the plant genus, Allium, part of the Amaryllidaceae family. The Allium genus is made up of edibles (onion, garlic, leeks, chives) and ...

There are good and bad things about being obsessed with garlic. On the bright side, it’s tasty, really good for you, and when cooked, fills the house with the aroma of love. (It repels vampires, too, ...

I was surprised to learn recently that, according to Google Trends data gathered by AllAboutGardening.com, the most popular fall-planted crop in the United States is garlic. My guess would have been ...

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, ...

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 ...