Leeks are a valuable addition to the Indian kitchen. Also known as Allium ampeloprasum, leeks, for their mild onion-like taste, give soups, stews, and stir-fries complexity. Including leeks in daily ...

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 ...

It's headed toward 65 degrees while I am writing this article. Last week, a friend and I played golf one day and shoveled snow the next day. Where else but Missouri can you get such variety in so ...

For the taste of mild, sweet onions straight from the garden in late autumn, grow leeks. Leeks have longer, thicker stems than onions, but no bulb. They are traditionally used to flavor soups and ...

More and more of us have sustainable gardening high on our ideals and regrowing vegetables from scraps is a beneficial and rewarding, environmentally friendly practice that breathes new life into ...

A large raised garden bed with leeks growing alongside a green manure cover crop to suppress weeds and enrich the soil - La Huertina De Toni/Shutterstock It's common for home gardeners to give their ...