Great for a number of uses (Garlic)

Member Name: January

Product:	Garlic
Date:	23/02/03 (229 review reads)
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Advantages: Tasty, Versatile

Disadvantages: You may not like garlic

Garlic, every vampires nightmare, well not just vampires some people will put up their noses at it and to be honest so did I at one time, but not anymore. As a lover of gardening I like to grow herbs and garlic is on of the plants which is easy to grow and has so many good uses.

The garlic family is quite large and amongst its family members are, onions, chives, welsh onion, french garlic, purple garlic and lots of others too.
After onions, garlic is the next most used herb in the kitchen. garlic can be eaten raw, or put into lots of dishes, fried and braised and boiled. The medicinal propeties of garlic are used to treat flu, bronchitis and it's also an antiseptic.
Garlic also helps to clear fat accumulations from the blood vesels., lower cholesterol and protect against bacterial and viral infections.
In fact it's quite a wonderfull little bulb.

Garlic is gaining in popularity with a lot of gardeners, as its easy to grow and can be expensive to buy in the shops.
the best way to grow garlic is in well drained soil, it shouldn't be grow in a freshly manuared ground but prefers wood ash and weathered soot to be raked into the prepared ground. garlic grows in bulblets and there are a few cloves to each garlic bulb.
Garlic bulbs which are about half an inch in diameter are the best one's for growing.
Planting is done in March, on wet soil garlic should be grown in raised beds. Plant each clove about 8 to 9 inches apart, with about a 10 inch gap between rows.

During July and August the leaves will wither and this is a a sign that the crop needs lifting. Always lift them with a fork to stop the stems being injured and dry them in a frost proof shed or well aired larder.
These can then be used for cooking or raw with salads and taste loverly on cheese on toast.

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