How to Grow Garlic
Garlic is easy to grow and can be grown year-round in mild climates. While sexual propagation of garlic is possible, nearly all of the garlic in cultivation is done so asexually, by planting individual cloves in the ground.[4] In cold climates, cloves can be planted in the ground about six weeks before the soil freezes and harvested in late spring. Garlic plants are usually very hardy, and are not attacked by many pests or diseases.
Garlic plants are said to repel Rabbits and Moles.[2] Two of the major pathogens that attack garlic are nematodes and white rot disease, which remain in the soil indefinitely once the ground has become infected.[4] Garlic also can suffer from pink root, a typically nonfatal disease that stunts the roots and turns them pink or red.[9]
Garlic plants can be grown close together, leaving enough room for the bulbs to mature, and are easily grown in containers of sufficient depth. When selecting garlic for planting, it is important to pick large heads to
separate cloves from. Large cloves will also improve head size, along with proper spacing in the planting bed. Garlic plants prefer to grow in a soil with a high organic material content, but it is capable of growing in a wide range of soil conditions and pH levels.[4]
by Rosalee de la Forêt
Turmeric has been used for thousands of years for countless ailments. In recent years it has also caught the attention of western researchers and there are many studies touting its many benefits.
Some benefits include…
- Digestion and the liver (Ulcers, diverticulitis, flatulence, leaky gut)
- Heart health (High blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol)
- Immune support (Cancer, colds and flu, bronchitis)
- Musculoskeletal strength and flexibility (Joint disorders, arthritis, pain)
- Nervous system (Pain, Alzheimer’s)
- Wound healing and healthy skin (Eczema, psoriasis)
- Diabetes and Menstruation difficulties
Turmeric is pretty astonishing!
I learned this basic recipe from Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa and I often suggest it to my clients with a lot of success.
K.P. Khalsa has a new course coming out this week called Culinary Herbalism.
This recipe is in two parts. First we make the paste and then we’ll explore how to use it.
To make the turmeric paste you’ll need:
- 1/4 cup of turmeric powder
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground pepper
- 1/2 cup of water
Measure out the ingredients. The additional pepper makes the turmeric more bioavailable, meaning that you use less for better results. At these measurements the pepper is about 3% of the mixture.
Next add the powders and the water to a small sauce pan and mix well. Turn the heat to medium high and stir constantly until the mixture is a thick paste. This won’t take long!
Let this mixture cool and then keep it in a small jar in the fridge.
Now we’ll… Continue reading
Culinary herbs are by far the most common use of a large number of herbs. The use and documentation of them has been going on for a long time. At the beginning of the last century, one of the most respected agronomists of his time published a comprehensive book about culinary herbs. Here is an excerpt from from his publication:
“CULINARY HERBS:
Their Cultivation, Harvesting, Curing and Uses”
by M. G. KAINS - Associate Editor American Agriculturist
originally published in 1912
by ORANGE JUDD COMPANY
“In these days of jaded appetites, condiments and canned goods, how fondly we turn from the dreary monotony of the “dainty” menu to the memory of the satisfying dishes of our mothers!
What made us, like Oliver Twist, ask for more? Were those flavors real, or was it association and natural, youthful hunger that enticed us? Can we ever forget them; or, what is more practical, can we again realize them? We may find the secret and the answer in mother’s garden. Let’s peep in.
The garden, as in memory we view it, is not remarkable except for its neatness and perhaps the mixing of flowers, fruits and vegetables as we never see them jumbled on the table. Strawberries and onions, carrots and currants, potatoes and poppies, apples and sweet corn and many other as strange comrades, all grow together in mother’s garden in the utmost harmony.
All these are familiar friends; but what are those plants near the kitchen? They are “mother’s sweet… Continue reading
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