One of the benefits of growing your own fruit and vegetables is having a steady flow of home-grown crops to enjoy throughout fall and winter. Aside from pickling, preserving or freezing a bumper ...

Garlic bulbs are typically harvested in summer when the plant’s leaves start to yellow and dry out. Unless you intend to freeze, can, or use the garlic in recipes immediately, fresh garlic must be ...

You have gotten your garlic out of the ground, now the next step is to prepare it for curing and storage. The two main processes involved here are trimming and cleaning, and you will find that the ...

Get the best flavor and longest storage life from your homegrown garlic with proper harvesting, curing and storage. Then fill that space with a quick-maturing vegetable for a tasty fall harvest.

Here are some of the responses to the column on storing and curing garlic: In the article on garlic storage (Golden Gate Gardener, July 7), Pam Peirce mentions storing it under olive oil, and only ...

Growing garlic is a long game, but a successful crop can provide you with a year's worth of tasty cloves. So when should you harvest to maximise your crop, and how should you prepare your garlic to ...