If you’ve been wondering how to grow garlic, then this is the time to get started. Garlic thrives when planted in autumn, in fact, garlic is actually one of the best fruit and vegetables to sow ...

plant onion sets, garlic sets and fruit trees like apples and pears. You can also plant various flowers this month, including bedding plants like pansies for a pop of autumn colour. October is a ...

It seems like we just finished harvesting our garlic crop and now it’s already time to plant our next batch. Fall is planting time for garlic. Typically, it goes in the ground around the first ...

Chives, parsely and basil are good to start around now. Get your Spring planting garlic into the ground - the Isle of Wight Garlic Farm recommends Solent Wight, Mersley EIght, Picardy Wight and ...

The pests love to eat their way through flowers, leaves and fruits, stripping through a plant in no time - but with garlic placed close-by, it's thought pests will swerve them instead. Slugs ...

Don’t panic. Garlic is a plant — and plants sprout. In the center of your clove is what’s called a garlic germ. Plant it and a new garlic plant will arise. The germ starts out white ...

Gardening expert Morris Hankinson advises households to spray garlic all over their plants to stop slugs and snails invading them. Morris explains: "Prevention rather than eradication is key.