Homegrown garlic is such a luxury for cooks who love fresh ingredients. If you’ve ever wondered how to grow garlic, you’ll be pleased to know it’s one of the easiest crops to master. Just plant a few ...

There are two types: Softneck, which has a flexible stem and keeps well for a long time; the long stems are good for braiding. The other type is hardneck, which has a stiff central stem and doesn’t ...

Starting garlic indoors doesn't have to wait for spring, and a simple water setup can give cloves an early boost before ...

BOISE — Most of us are busy putting our gardens to bed for the winter, but there’s something you can plant now that will grow through the winter and be ready for a delicious harvest come next spring.

Now that cooler fall weather has returned, it’s time to plant spring blooming bulbs. 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS Home and Garden Expert Larry Pfarr shares some tips on which bulbs to plant that the deer and ...

Summer is a hive of activity in the garden, with many popular fruits and vegetables reaching maturity and becoming ready to harvest. The majority of these crops would have been planted in the spring, ...

Unlike most food crops that are planted in the spring, garlic is planted in the fall, sometime around Columbus Day. Fresh garlic can be found in the kitchens of those who enjoy cooking, but it’s not ...

Hopefully some readers were gifted with rain during the past week! This isn’t the case for most of us (me included), who are dragging garden hoses around the property daily to provide much needed ...

Fall is bulb planting time in Alaska. Mercifully, it is not quite autumn yet. Still, it will come soon, and we gardeners need to be thinking about it so we are ready. Specifically, it is time to start ...