Is it a weed or a garden plant? Garlic chives are among those plants — paulownia tree, Jerusalem artichoke, mint and anise hyssop are others — that can parade under either guise. Garlic chives come ...

My garlic is "scaping," not "escaping!" Scapes are the unopened flower heads of hard neck garlic, which many folks used to discard so that the energy of the plant isn't wasted in the flower. Now chefs ...

Believe it or not, you don't have to plant garlic in the ground to be rewarded with a handsome harvest. Learn to grow garlic ...

I noticed onion flowers and garlic flowers in my garden last summer. What caused this, and, in the future, should I remove the flowering stems or let them bloom? Onions are biennial, which means they ...

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, ...

We’ve passed the winter solstice and that means we’re on the way to spring and gardening season. If you’ve got questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State ...

: Another gardener told me that I should never let garlic or onions flower or go to seed. He said to cut the flower stems off as soon as they appeared. Is he right? A: You should remove the flowers ...

In garlic patches across the Northern Hemisphere, the scapes are up. This means garlic growers can enjoy the first tangible reward of their labors. Non-growers can enjoy scapes too, if they frequent ...

In garlic patches across the Northern Hemisphere, the scapes are up. This means garlic growers can enjoy the first tangible reward of their labors. Non-growers can enjoy scapes too, if they frequent ...