Dear Dr. Dirt: Why is garlic planted in the fall? Does it have to be winter-protected with mulch? Elephant garlic seems to be the most popular variety. — Carol, Greenfield Dear Reader: Garlic can be ...

5 things to do in the garden this week: Plant elephant garlic and you will be gifted with corms that grow off the mother bulb. Yes, although elephant garlic presents as a gigantic bulb made up of ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

The compost heap is now a tangle of spent squash and courgette plants, of tired beans and peas, skewered with broken canes and hazel sticks. The veg patch is clear of summer: it’s allium time. I grow ...

A hobby farmer from Coffin Bay on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula is now the official record holder for the biggest elephant garlic grown in Australia. Jonathon Thompson's elephant garlic weighed in ...

Garlic is one of the most popular ingredients, and it is not too difficult to grow in your own garden. Pixabay photo The third week of August is a good time to check landscape shrubs for dry soil and ...