After garlic scape season is over, garlic flowers are ready, full of garlic seeds. You don't usually see these at the greenmarkets unless you ask a kind farmer to bring them in for you, but if you do, ...

Harvesting garlic scapes, the tender stems produced before the bulb matures, is great way to encourage bulb growth and can add a tasty green to your diet. This is a strong, concentrated condiment, ...

Finally, after months of looking forward to summer fruits and veggies, here we are. If you venture out to the farmers market, local co-op or your nearest community farm, even more treasures await.

Before the bulbs mature, the flimsy flower stalks of hardneck garlic are tender and fragrant – and ready for use in pretty much any recipe that calls for chives, green onions or a few cloves of garlic ...

With the breezy heights of summer upon us, cooking indoors is not something I’m really into. I’d rather picnic in the park, go for a hike, barbecue at a friend’s place, drink on the deck … Whatever, ...

Summer is around the corner and grocery stores are brimming over with new produce varieties. Some, like asparagus and peaches are old favorites, others might just make you scratch your head. Garlic ...

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Finally, those alien-looking garlic scapes have arrived at the farmers markets, and I couldn’t be happier. The strange looking flowers of the garlic bulb are always the first sign that the summer ...

If you've never grown garlic, here's how you do it: On a bright cool fall afternoon, before the ground has frozen, you pry an ordinary, unpeeled clove of garlic off the bulb. You plant it in the ...