Vegetables

Harvesting Garlic Scapes

As you may recall, I planted my garlic last October, now here is what the plants look like as of today. The hardnecks will produce a flower stem that will loop around once or twice before straightening out which is called a scape.   While it looks really cool, you should cut the flower stem […]

Vegetables

Garlic Types and Growing Garlic

While I was unable to attend the Tomato Garlic Festival at Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh in August last year, I made it this year.  Of all times, I forgot my camera and my cell phone so  don’t have any pictures of the event.  The main reason that I like to attend is to pick out […]

Red Alert

Red Alert – Bad Veggie Companions for Beans

BEANS do NOT like the onion family which includes onions, shallots, scallions, leeks and garlic.  These vegetables inhibit the growth of beans. There are some vegetables that don’t grow well together.  Now when I garden in my raised beds, I tend to plant something new as I harvest something else.  Sometimes I am just too […]