Best expert advice on growing garlic
If you’re looking for an easy crop that stores well and provides brilliant flavour for all your favourite dishes in the kitchen, grow your own garlic
Garlic
Learn how to choose and grow your own garlic right here on the Suttons blog. Garlic is one of the most popular ingredients in the world. As well as adding flavour to a multitude of dishes, its health benefits are well-recorded. Get your garlic off to the best start with our expert advice.
Why you should grow garlic – the health benefits
Garlic is popular for its pungent, aromatic flavour, but it delivers some amazing health benefits too. With a history dating back thousands of years, its …
Should you let garlic flower?
Garlic is a bulb-producing vegetable loved by allotmenteers and home growers alike, but did you know that it also produces a flower, called a ‘scape’? Find …
How to grow garlic
Garlic is an essential ingredient of any vegetable patch. It’s also an attractive addition to your kitchen when dried and plaited. Here’s how to plant …
GROWING FOR SHOWING – potatoes, onions and garlic
I was doing so well. Most of the seeds and plants are ordered and now I’m awaiting delivery. Great. My potatoes are chitting beautifully and have …
Planting garlic
A couple of weeks ago I spent the weekend trying to get some garlic and other over-wintering veg planted. I’ve already planted my broccoli so I thought I …
BBQ recipes using garlic
Ok, as it is that time of year again and the weather is being so phenomenally gorgeous here in Devon I thought I would post a couple of my favourite BBQ …
In love with garlic!
The ancient Egyptians credited it with magical medicinal powers, and Roman legionnaires attributed their strength and stamina to the “stinking rose.” …
Guerilla Garlic
I love sowing seeds and garlic sets. It’s sad I know, but true. For the few weeks after sowing I just have to check the propagator every time I pass it, …
Forget gold and silver, invest in garlic
Spotted this great story in today’s Independent. Garlic has been a better investment this year than gold or silver. Yet another reason to grow your own …