You might think it is still early to think about vegetable gardening. Of course the average last frost is still a ways off but many plants will tolerate some nighttime freezing and cool temperatures.

Discovery is an enjoyable pastime for a curious gardener. With each new squash, flower, or shrub, lessons in life as well as gardening are learned each year. During a silent auction a few weeks ago, I ...

The lowly onion is an ancient plant, cultivated since at least 5,000 BC. Today it is the primary vegetable ingredient in the cuisine of many countries. The potato onion (also known as “multiplier ...

Winter onions is a general term for onions that are hardy enough to survive the winter, even in a northern climate. The onions are planted in the fall and remain in the ground over the winter. As ...

The spherical umbels of onions consist of hundreds of individual flowers that open successively. Onion flowers are protandrous—the anthers of an individual flower mature and shed pollen before the ...

Growing good garlic is a lot like growing daffodils. Nothing could be easier, but you need to plant the bulbs in the fall. Spring planting is too late for daffodils, and it's also too late for garlic.

There are many types of onions, all members of the allium genus. I buy bulbing onions (including Vidalias) and leeks at the grocery store, but for my other onion needs, I like to grow them. They are ...