Garlic is Amazing

I had slipped up on my garlic habit for a few weeks. But then I woke up with my asthma stirring around, which it rarely does, and feeling like I might be coming down with something. So, garlic became part of my breakfast that morning.

I make a sort of weird open-faced breakfast sandwich almost every morning, with organic toast, organic no-sugar fruit spread, non-fat grass-fed plain Greek yogurt, and organic grated cheese. I minced a clove of raw garlic and added it right on top of the fruit spread, and I started feeling better in a few hours. Then I made a little fruit salad for lunch, and some garlic went in it as well. I know this sounds weird too, but if you like garlic, it tastes better than you might imagine. Later I used some homemade broth to make, guess what? Garlicy chicken soup! I was fit as a fiddle, fast.

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Meanwhile, getting this post organized jogged my memory about the benefits of including garlic in the garden and in food. If you have slipped out of your own garlic habit, I hope this post jogs your memory as well. And if you haven’t gotten the habit yet, you will find good reasons to grow and eat garlic below.

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Here we go:

Green garlic intergrowing with carrots and beets, and we will soon be planting more!

Focusing on intergrowing garlic with legumes:

Green garlic intergrowing with heirloom purple podded pole beans from Papaw’s Garden Supply. (Every seed germinated in our cool soil!)

More on growing garlic and legumes:

Last but not least, human beings have known about the healing properties of garlic for a very long time:

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Thanks for reading!

I’m out of room as usual, but I’ll be back next week with more tips I hope you can use.

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