It's tempting to simply fill your garden with whatever veggies or flowers you want. But garlic doesn't play well with all ...

Garden editor Johanna Silver shows just how easy it is to plant this edible garden staple ...

Garlic and onions come from the same plant family, Allium, which is actually a flower. Researchers have said that garlic can help prevent the most common type of arthritis, hip osteoarthritis.

Without the vernalization period, garlic cloves will grow but won't separate into bulbs. You may end up with one giant clove or only some tasty green foliage above the ground.

By growing your own garlic, you can explore the diverse flavors garlic has to offer. Fall is the time for planting garlic in the garden. The bulbs will be ready for harvest early the following summer.

Let’s say you wish to plant two hardneck bulbs which have 12 cloves per bulb; you’re actually planting 24 garlic plants. Softneck garlic with more cloves per bulb will grow more plants.

To grow garlic greens for cooking, plant whole bulbs 12 inches apart in the fall. In spring, when the greens are 10 inches tall, grab them with one hand, and use your other hand to lop them off ...

Plant garlic into the prepared soil about 3 inches deep with the tip of the clove upright, the root side oriented down, and at least 6 inches apart.

For example, the best time to plant garlic in zone 7 is typically in mid-October, while gardeners in zone 10 may be able to wait until December. No matter where you live, ...

In November, when the ground begins to freeze, mulch the planting bed with 6-12 inches of straw. Unlike the spring and summer planting seasons for other edibles — when I’m juggling all sorts of other ...