In early summer, when Hollywood turns to escapism, gardeners and cooks turn to plain old scape-ism. Garlic scapes are those curlicued green stems that shoot up from garlic plants in mid-to-late June.

As spring heats up into summer, garlic starts to mature and send up bright-green shoots. It’s garlic scape season. Garlic scapes are a seasonal treat that can add garlicky flavor to everything from ...

Fresh easy garlic–all of the flavor and none of the peeling–sounds too good to be true I know. It’s in the scapes, also called garlic whistles, that we can make some wonderful “convenience food” ...

Garlic scapes are one of those little surprises in the garden that many beginners don’t expect. If you’ve planted hardneck garlic, you’ll notice these curly green stems in late spring, twisting and ...

Garlic scape powder is a milder riff on regular garlic powder — and you can make it at home. Harvesting garlic scapes for pestos, stir fries, and garlic scape powder is simple! Learn when to cut ...

Growing garlic is simple, but there is a second underrated crop from hardneck varieties, and this one is rarely seen in stores. So, when you see stems coming out of plants in late spring or early ...

If you’ve ever seen long green, slightly curly tubular plants in a bundle at the farmers’ market that smell slightly like garlic, you’ve likely seen a garlic scape. They can sometimes even look like ...