Like humans who have similar traits to our relatives, so does the plant genus, Allium, part of the Amaryllidaceae family. The Allium genus is made up of edibles (onion, garlic, leeks, chives) and ...

Even during the coldest days of the year, I love being able to go out to my garden and grab some basic vegetables and herbs. It’s how I plan what to grow over winter: carrots, celery, onions, and ...

Key Points Starting seeds in February creates robust seedlings to plant out when the weather has warmed.Cool-season greens, ...

It's headed toward 65 degrees while I am writing this article. Last week, a friend and I played golf one day and shoveled snow the next day. Where else but Missouri can you get such variety in so ...

FAIRBANKS - Instead of listing the various components of the seed starting process, which I do every spring, today I am going to describe what today's leek planting session was like. This is in ...

BOISE, Idaho — Do you like the savory flavor of onion and garlic in your food? Most people do, but did you know they are all part of the same plant family? They are known as alliums and they are east ...

BOISE, Idaho — What’s the difference between onions, leeks and garlic? I’ll tell you, as we talk all about alliums. Do you like the savory flavor of onion and garlic in your food? Most people do, but ...

Answer: Leeks are one of the more than 400 species of the allium family which include onions, scallions, shallots, chives and garlic. What we now know as leeks came from the wild leek from the ...