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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MILWAUKEE -- Green onions give a fresh, spicy taste to many dishes or are eaten alone. See how to harvest some now yet leave some to harvest later. Garlic scapes are actually edible flower stalks that ...

: 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s the first week of June and lots of things are happening in the garden. I will share with you a few of those things. Our horseradish started from a small piece of root that was churned up when ...