Fall bulb catalogs are sweetened with alluring eye candy, including those lollipop-shaped alliums. Their large, globed flower heads consist of petite star-like blossoms that shoot from stems rising 2 ...

The Gilroy Garlic Festival may be long gone, but that doesn't mean garlic lovers are sitting on their hands. They know that fall is the best time to plant garlic, and that means a tantalizing range of ...

If you're growing vegetables in your backyard, perhaps it's time to up your game and include something spicy in your harvest from the allium clan of edible bulbs and leaves. All of the following ...

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Mention the word alliums and many of us will instantly think of the many different edible members of the onion family, from chives (Allium schoenoprasum), leeks (Allium ampeloprasum) and garlic ...

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ALLIUMS ARE A GENUS of plants that have been providing flavorful seasoning to foods for thousands of years. They are pretty easy to grow and have ready to enjoy in meals. I cannot imagine cooking ...

The compost heap is now a tangle of spent squash and courgette plants, of tired beans and peas, skewered with broken canes and hazel sticks. The veg patch is clear of summer: it’s allium time. I grow ...