Are You Harvesting Garlic Scapes Wrong?
As a lover of garlic scapes—the more-delicious alternative to asparagus—I could hardly believe it when I read today's piece, Scaping Lessons, and learned there are people on this planet that …
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Mashed Potatoes with Sour Cream and Chives
I like to grow some of my potatoes in those grow bags with the special access door on the side. I’m keeping two bags on my deck as an experiment. …
Fresh Chive Pesto
I woke up from the weirdest dream: someone, or some thing, had picked all my basil plants clean. It was still early morning, and the house was still. I threw …
Chive Butter
Sometimes you just have more chives than you know what do with. So I apply a variation of “When life gives you lemons…” When I find that I’ve been harvesting …
Cheese & Chive Frittata
I had just come in from the garden where I’d been harvesting Garlic chives for brunch when the phone rang. Those six friends I’d been expecting had run into four …
Fertilizing, Watering, and Harvesting Your Garlic Plants
Nitrogen-rich fertilizers are best for garlic, so choose an organic fertilizer such as bloodmeal, chicken manure, or a synthetic fertilizer that's high in nitrogen. …
Glorious Garlic—From Garden to Table
In this month’s Food Gardening Magazine, you get everything you need to know about growing garlic—a staple in every kitchen. And planting and harvesting garlic is not as difficult as …
