Growing Blooms, Vegetables, Herbs and Fruit
Compared to some of the other varieties I am growing, Italian Red garlic has a milder (or less spicy) flavor. This variety will typically store up to 6 months. Each Italian Red bulb has up to 9 large cloves. You will see nice streaks of red and purple around the cloves. Italian Red Garlic is […]
Music Garlic has a white wrapper with only 4 to 6 large cloves per head. It is a hardneck type of garlic.  If you recall, there are 3 main hardneck families (rocambole, porcelain and purple stripe). Music Garlic is in the porcelain family. On an interesting note, Music Garlic has a high alicin content […]
This is the first year that I actually figured out how to grow artichokes.   In Pittsburgh, you have to grow artichokes as an annual. In warmer locations (zone 7 and above), you can grow it as a perennial. I selected the variety called Tavor Artichoke from High Mowing Seeds because it matures in about […]
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