Does your garlic look like this? Like it’s decided to shed its trustworthy girl-next-door image in favour of something a little more loose and blowzy? Don’t worry: it’s cool. Just means it’s garlic scape time. If you planted a hardneck variety of garlic last fall, you’ll see a looping central stalk emerging right about now. […]
Archives for June 2012
It’s a Snap: Bean-growing Basics
Beans are one of summer’s simple pleasures, on par with picnics and outdoor pools, bare feet and blackberries. While a farmer’s market loot bag of tender, local string beans is an undeniable delight, fresh-picked, homegrown beans can elevate a basic weeknight supper to a thing of beauty. And growing your own? Easier than you’d think. […]