Grow garlic near vegetables, flowers, and herbs to keep pests away—naturally.

Companion planting is an effective and natural method to enhance the flavour of your vegetables and herbs while also ...

Garlic needs a cold period in order to reach maturity. 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 ...

Some companion plants can serve as insect attractants that lure pests away from crop plants. Nasturtiums tend to attract ...

One of my favorite moments of the vegetable gardening year is when my wife Suzanne and I go out in October to plant the next year’s garlic crop. Garlic Planting Tips (Tips from the UMASS Center for ...

Of course, growing garlic is not only emotionally healing but physically beneficial when you eat what you grow as well. The medicinal ingredient in garlic is allicin.

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 ...

What you need to know about garlic and trying new things in the garden Plus, Joshua Siskin writes about a California native he'd never seen or heard of began growing in his garden this spring.