Get those onion recipes ready.

Onions are easy to grow on your patio.

Now is the time to buy onion seeds, which are cheaper and come in more interesting varieties than mail-order transplants. Here’s what you need to know. By Margaret Roach There are some things I never ...

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 ...

Onions are easily grown from seed, bulbs, or transplants planted several weeks before the last frost in spring. Loamy soil is best for onions, but they can tolerate other types as long as it is ...

In our area and latitude, late January to early February is the ideal time to start sowing seeds indoors for onion transplants. There are several advantages to growing your own onion transplants ...

With spring upon us, it’s time to think about planting in home gardens. In Iowa, onions are a popular addition to the vegetable garden as they are easy to grow and take up little space. In this ...

Onions have been cultivated for over 5,000 years, and they have been used, not only for food, but for medicine for various illnesses and joint problems. Ancient Greek soldiers and athletes believed ...

Treat fruit trees, pecan trees and shrubs with horticulture-grade dormant oil:to help eradicate scale and other over-wintering insects. Check the label for special instructions regarding temperature ...

There are some things I never forget: Where each plant in my garden came from. Who unlocked the secret of successfully growing carrots for me (John Navazio, then a senior scientist at Organic Seed ...

To me, a nicely shaped, good-sized onion bulb is one of the most satisfying vegetables to grow. That may be because during my first years of gardening, I was not able to grow anything that I felt was ...

How is your vegetable garden doing? Most gardeners who planted the recommended tomato varieties in July are harvesting large numbers of tasty Ruby Crush right now and good supplies of Tycoon, ...