Uncover the secrets to growing alliums, the aromatic backbone of many dishes. You’ll find step-by-step instructions for onions, garlic, and more.
Garlic is one of the few aromatic vegetables I’ve grown consistently in my mom’s garden over the last 5 years! Believe it or not, my first garlic patch was actually a disaster. Rot, fungal infection, and crippling death turned out to be the fate of that patch, but I won’t deny that most of it…
Onion is one of those vegetables that is loved and cherished for all the right reasons! I mean…can onions ever be overrated? NO. Today, I’ll be sharing with you numerous tips for growing bigger, healthier onions at home. This is 7 years of onion-growing wisdom jam-packed into one article! Let’s jump straight into it, shall…
A while ago, I received a new variety of garlic to try in my garden. It was a hardneck garlic that I decided to keep in my fridge until it was time to plant. Much to my surprise, it started to sprout, so I wasn’t sure what to do. Can you even plant sprouted garlic?…
Perennial onions make a beautiful addition to any vegetable garden. Not only are they easy to prepare, but once they get going you can harvest them at any size, at any time of year. While most onions are known as annual vegetables, grown from bulb sets in spring or late fall, nearly all types of…
There are dozens of readily available cultivars of garlic, but few of us stop to consider the one most basic factor when deciding what garlic to grow: the difference between hardneck and softneck garlic. It’s not just that the bulbs of hardneck and softneck garlic form differently, they taste different, and perform better or worse…
If you are looking to grow the biggest and most beautiful onion bulbs this year, bolting can throw a big wrench in those plans. Fortunately, there are several ways to handle bolting in your onion crop and steps you can take to prevent it from happening next year. To prevent your onions from bolting, make…