Posted on 03/06/2006 4:36:35 PM PST by SJackson
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Garlic is great flavoring in a lot of things and I use it frequently.
I didn't read the entire article so maybe I missed it but did it mention garlic's powers to keep vampires away?
Backwoods Home Magazine the best of its type, I'm a long time subscriber.
I agree and I take an odorless garlic capsule every day -- thus getting the benefits without the bad breath!
I must eat 6-7 heads a week. Just roasted (with a little olive oil) and French bread. Luckily my wife is as big a garlic junky as I am or my habit could cause a lot of problems.
It keeps the deer out of the garden too.
But gophers love the stuff. They dig up underneath it and hollow out the middle of the bulb. When you go to pick it, all you pull up is an empty shell. It makes you kinda hate
the little buck toothed garlic lovin' critters.
I've driven out every vampire in town thanks to my love of garlic. (Unfortunately, lost a few friends, too.)
I like chopped up garlic with parsley & oil. Great dip. (We call is "sparlic.")
I LOVE GARLIC! THE SPICE of Health!
It keeps the deer out of the garden too.
and the dear out of the bed....
Bears repeating. I cook with garlic at least five times a week. Adds depth to otherwise simple dishes.
Words of advice: California Garlic is superior to the flavorless stuff they export out of Asia.
Serious question - I don't have a deer problem but do have a rabbit problem. Will it keep those critters out of my garden?
I used to work for The Seed Savers Exchange, and we sell (sold, sorry...still not over the loss of that job; it moved, I couldn't) awesome garlic varieties.
Order early for fall planting or immediate eating!
http://www.seedsavers.org
I can't LIVE without my German Extra Hardy. :)
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Terrific article! I forget to read that site so thanks for the reminder. :)
Another shameless plug for The Seed Savers Exchange. They have WONDERFUL garlic for eating and planting. I recommend the German Extra Hardy.
http://www.seedsavers.org
Is there anyone here that grows garlic and uses the garlic "scapes" which are the blooms on the hard-neck garlic varieties? (Versus soft-neck, which don't produce the scapes.) I have an "accidental" garlic patch that's in with one of my rows of raspberries. I'll never be able to dig it out, due to the steel-belted raspberry roots, so when the garlic blooms, I cut off about 6" of the stem, plus the bloom (which is a bunch of small garlic bulbs which, if left alone, will drop in the fall and that's how garlic naturally re-plants itself) and steam them.
Heaven! You can also just chop up the scape/bloom and use it as you would chopped, fresh garlic. What a useful, wonderful, tasty plant garlic is! :)
I'm going to make that New Potato & Garlic recipe tomorrow with a Rosemary roasted chicken. Yum! I grow herbs in the house under lights all year. I couldn't live without them.
You can also plant a garlic bulb in a pot in a sunny window, and when the "greens" start coming up, just cut them off and use them like chives. Deeee-lish! :)
"Will it keep those critters out of my garden?"
Just planting garlic won't repel rabbits, in my experience.
I make a spray from water, chopped garlic, a little dish soap (gentle, like Ivory; the soap makes it stick) and chopped hot peppers (or use Tobasco sauce.) I spray it on everything in my organic garden, and it really keeps the rabbits from nibbling on things. (However, a .22 works the best...)
Fill a bowl with water (about 4 cups), add chopped garlic and chopped hot peppers and let that "steep" for a few days. Test it for strength and add more garlic or peppers as needed. When it's offensive to you, it'll be offensive to animals. Strain it, and put the garlic/pepper water in a spray bottle. Add a teaspoon or so of dish soap and spray away. Re-apply after rain or over-head watering. It keeps fine in the spray bottle. Just test it from time to time by spraying some on your wrist and licking it. When it's weak, make another batch. Store in a cool, dark place.
If you use it on lettuce, please make sure you wash your lettuce thoroughly before eating it. I made that mistake once...and only once, LOL!
Hey, I need all the kavorka I can get!
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