Even if you missed the fall planting window, here's how you can plant garlic in spring and still get a harvest. Andy Lyons Can you plant garlic in the spring? The answer is yes! Although the ideal ...

Garlic thrives in full-sun locations with rich, well-draining soil that has a pH of between 6.0 and 7.0. Make sure that you ...

Hardneck garlic gives an extra clue with its curled green scape — the sprout you see above ground — which appears in spring.

Garlic is essentially hands-off, and then you get to harvest home-grown garlic next June. Plus, garlic keeps a pretty long ...

Choose a spot in full sun, which is considered 6 or more hours of direct sunlight. Garlic doesn’t like wet feet, so make sure ...

I recently received a question from a reader asking if they could plant garlic in spring. As I was sending an answering email to the gardener, I thought other people might be interested in this ...

Key Points Garlic is an easy crop that will grow anywhere in the U.S., when planted the right way at the right time. For the best, biggest garlic, plant in autumn during the window of time ideal for ...

Knowing the right time to plant garlic is key to a successful harvest. While this root crop depends on cooler temperatures to grow and thrive, the ideal planting time will depend on your gardening ...

Garlic has been the subject of mystery, myths and tales throughout the ages. Whether garlic wards off vampires and keeps us ...

Like spring flower bulbs, gardeners know garlic and shallots need winter’s cold to develop properly for a successful harvest.

Fall-planted garlic grows at the Iowa State University Student Organic Farm north of Ames. Garlic may not be the first crop that comes to mind when thinking of Iowa, but many varieties do very well in ...