While most veggies from the garden have been harvested by now or are soon to be, there’s one that gets the garden all to itself over the fall/winter season – Garlic! We recommend planting garlic between Nov. 15th – Dec. 15th, but watch the weather for any unusually warm days and avoid these for planting. […]
We’ve talked before about how to plant your garlic, but brand new to our garlic collection is our “How to Plant Garlic” video! This video features our K-12 Coordinator, Crystal and students at Three Trails Elementary in their garlic planting lesson from 2019. If you’re still craving more garlic info, check out our new resource […]
Are the leaves of your garlic plants starting to turn brown and looking a little droopy? Get your trowel and garden fork ready, because it’s time to harvest! Check out our quick how-to video below. For more garlic info, check out our SYG Garlic Tips below or download the PDF from our website here. Check out […]
Good news! Garlic that was planted this past November or December, might be ready to harvest! Our Executive Director, Ben, wrote a great blog post on how to harvest your garlic, which can be read HERE. If you find that your garlic isn’t quite ready to harvest yet, fear not! You may have noticed […]
Hello SYG friends, I don’t know about you, but I have been enjoying this beautiful snow. It’s not normal for us to get this much moisture this time of year and I am kind of loving it! There’s just something so magical about waking up to a blanket of fresh snow covering the ground. At […]
Here at KCCG, we are hustling and bustling to get ready for the spring! Seedlings are sprouting in the greenhouse, flowers are being planted in our Beanstalk Children’s Garden, and the front office is busy with gardeners picking up seeds and renewing their memberships. At Schoolyard Gardens, we are coordinating with schools to prepare for […]
Growing this pungent bulb is fairly easy when armed with the right knowledge and tools. Garlic needs cold winter temperatures in order to develop from a single clove into a bulb with multiple cloves in the spring. Ideally, garlic is planted in mid- November through mid-December while the temperatures are still cold, but the ground […]
Garlic not only adds flavor to any dish, it also has many medicinal uses. It is antibiotic, antibacterial, antifungal and is said to lower blood pressure and even may prevent cancer! Kansas City Community Gardens offers two types of garlic: Softneck garlic is generally more productive than hardneck garlic and stores for longer, but it […]
