Garlic prefers loose, well-draining soil – a loam or sandy loam soil works best. Good soil structure and drainage are key to ...

If you planted garlic bulbs last fall, chances are they are beginning to produce flower stalks, also called scapes. By removing these stems when they begin to curl, a process known as topping, you’ll ...

Q: I like to grow garlic. I read that you should cut off the scapes when they start forming in late summer so I always do that, but this year I missed several. They formed a thing that looks like a ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Before my own vegetable garden got established, I signed up for a produce share from Fresh Fork Market. Fortunately, the weekly email explained some of the more unusual items that ...

Our garlic is entering into a new stage of growth. This is the time of year when hard neck garlic, also called stiff neck, sends up flower stalk-like structures called garlic scapes. Each garlic plant ...

If you’ve ever seen long green, slightly curly tubular plants in a bundle at the farmers’ market that smell slightly like garlic, you’ve likely seen a garlic scape. They can sometimes even look like ...