Hardneck Garlic Varieties Chart
PEELING A CLOVE will reveal whether your garlic is a softneck or a hardneck type. Grocery-store softnecks has looser layers of wrapping tissue that don’t … Read more
PEELING A CLOVE will reveal whether your garlic is a softneck or a hardneck type. Grocery-store softnecks has looser layers of wrapping tissue that don’t … Read more
Why do you plant a mango tree? To get some fruit. It is not to maintain a pretty shrubby thing for several more years. So … Read more
Garlic is A FAMILY, not just A VEGETABLE: Most gardeners think it’s all just garlic; whatever bulb they comes across gets chucked into the ground … Read more
Celery likes moist but not sodden soil (the roots will rot), and cool but not cold temperatures (seedlings will rot). It’s also a fussy seedling. … Read more
If you planted your onions as sets instead of seeds, chances are that what you reaped were miniature versions of what went into ground (scallions). … Read more
It is tempting to think that garden size is simply a matter of adding up lawn space you can spare, eyeballing your backyard, and marking … Read more
If you’re A COOK, you likely already realize: Onions are key to nearly all savory food. But cooking with onions (or rather, with each kind … Read more
The thing with basil: It’s sensitive to temperature swings (it loves heat but also goes yellow on you if you took seedling outdoors one week … Read more
Onions are most home cooks’ secret weapon: an unremarkable ingredient you grab out of the onion bowl, slice up, and add to everything else. While … Read more
It’s panic buying. You buy ten tomato plants on a sunny Saturday with a bag of soil under your arm, standing in the garden center … Read more
When the frozen garden stares back at you this time of year, thinking about all those onion sets stashed in the garage evoke a certain … Read more