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The Great Garlic Grow Off
Join The Great Garlic Grow-Off, learn about growing garlic & join our challenge! Is your Garlic going to be a showstopper :) or will it have a soggy bottom :( – Let’s find out!
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Planting Elephant Garlic – Have you tried it?
That’s right Elephant Garlic. It is Garlic of Elephant proportions! I’m not joking either, ‘the cloves are big, wow’ exclaimed my daughter, age 5. If the cloves are big, how big are the bulbs?! I thought, well it’s time to plant them out into the ground to find out. I’m also planting normal size garlic…
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What are Garlic Scapes? and is my Garlic Flowering?
This week my garlic looks like it has a flower spike coming up through the middle. If your garlic or onions are doing this, don’t worry and don’t be tempted to pull them up yet. These are what’s called Garlic Scapes. The garlic is not ready yet and when a garlic scape appears it is…
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Growing Garlic with Onions and Leeks
It’s mid October in the UK, which is a great time to start planting your Garlic. Garlic can be planted from September to March depending on what variety is grown. Garlic is great as a filler for your Leek and Onions beds as any plants that didn’t make it can be replaced with a garlic…
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Garlic and Onions – Green Shoots to Spring
The snow has melted and out comes the sunshine ready for a launch into Springtime (hopefully). Although there’s another cold snap due this week in the UK. A bit of sunshine and the weather is warming up, Springs plants into action with green shoots popping up, The birds are tweeting and the sunshine is fleeting,…
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