We're going on an allium adventure over the next couple days here on the

podcast and I hope you'll join us. We're talking today about growing chives.

They're a simple allium to grow much simpler than

things like garlic or onions. So let's figure out how to grow them. I mean honestly

it feels like growing grass it feels like

wheat grass it is just that simple and the harvesting method is also quite

simple so let's get into it first of all what, what are they? What do we call chives in the world

of Alliums? The most common chive is Allium Shwainoprasum, which I did not say correctly, but that's okay.

It's widespread, it's found worldwide in the wild.

In fact, it's actually the only species of Allium that's native to both the old world

and the new world. So as a valuable

asset for pollinators, these chives flower and the flowers look quite beautiful.

In fact many people grow allium simply for their flowers, you know, a

decorative ornamental allium. The portion that we want and we care about is basically the stem. It's the part that looks like a small green

onion. The leaves are really long, they're cylindrical, they're hollow, they form in

layers from the basal bulb and you can plant them extremely close together which makes

them look more like a patch rather than a single plant, right? So let's talk about how to plant them.

When to plant, they're a cool season perennial.

So perennial means they're going to come back, but cool season of course means that

maybe not the best idea to throw them in the garden right now in the middle of the summer.

They'll go dormant in the summer.

So they'll still be there.

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