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Leek, being an Allium, is a very healthy vegetable. Its long stalk is blanched by ridging, and harvest dates are in winter. Growing, varieties, care.

July garden tasks for a fulfilling summer

 A flower-filled garden bed in July

Spring sowing and planting in the vegetable patch

 Rows of lettuce and radish sowed and planted in a spring vegetables patch.

Companion planting in the vegetable patch

 Raised beds with companion planting

Onion fly, the reason why maggots are eating up your bulbs

 Onion fly

Bouquet Garni, the perfect way to flavor meals

 Bouquet garni ingredients: thyme, bay laurel, leek greens, parsley, rosemary (not shown).

Alliums and Cancer, powerful and potent

Stock the pantry with winter vegetables

 Winter crops

Leek health benefits, an exceptional diuretic

 Leek benefits

Leek, an easy vegetable: sowing, care, diseases, pests

 Leek

Perennial leek, delicious, tasty… and self-caring, too!

 Perennial leek

Leek and Ham Quiche, truly delicious

 Leek and ham quiche in preparation

Grow lots of leek, a 2-minute tutorial video

30+ plants to grow from kitchen scraps – no need to go buy seeds!

 Grow plants from scraps

Onions all year round

 onions all year round

Natural techniques for an organic vegetable patch

 Natural tips for an organic vegetable patch

No-treat vegetable patch: easy peasy

 Easy growing for vegetables without even treating

Rocambole, the crazy garlic… and also known as sand leek?!

 Rocambole, or sand leek, flower containing cloves

Allium leaf-mining fly, techniques and treatments to avoid and cure the disease

 Leaf miner symptoms on an allium leaf

An effortless veggie garden

 Vegetable patch with no maintenance