Pollinator Fest on Garlic Chive Blossoms

Although garlic is usually planted in the fall, planting garlic in the spring will yield a harvest. But it’s a different growing and harvesting experience than if you plant garlic in the fall. Fall garlic is usually planted before the last frost date and harvested in the following late summer. Over the winter, the garlic goes through a process called vernalization, whereby the cold temperatures stress the seed and divide it into separate cloves. The increased day lengths brought by spring tr

Garlic needs a period of cold in order for a clove to separate and form a head of garlic. Here’s how to plant garlic in the fall. Last year, it felt as if we did some crucial things wrong when it came to planting our garlic — and that’s why we wanted to try harder to do it right this year. Our major mistake was in timing. Garlic really ought to be planted in the fall, after the first light frost or two but before the ground freezes. But life got busy and we missed that (large) window las

You just spent several weeks lovingly caring for a squash plant. All of these gorgeous blossoms just popped up all over and all you can say is, “This is it, we’ll have squash within a week.” The next thing you know, those squash blossoms are falling off the vine like rats from a sinking ship. No tasty squash and no blossoms. Whatever should you do? Is Squash Blossoms Falling Off Normal? The first thing is not to panic. This is very normal. Yes, you read

Garlic is such a phenomenal bulb that there’s an entire California restaurant devoted to it. The original location is in San Francisco and it’s called, The Stinking Rose: A Garlic Restaurant. I’ve walked past its aromatic doors many times but did not have the chance to partake of the “garlic, seasoned with food” as the restaurant’s motto proclaims. At this particular restaurant, you can enjoy anything from a garlic martini to garlic ice cream. If yo