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General Information for Allium spp.
Visually, garlic (Allium sativum) does not offer much but has the garden advantage of maintaining a link between one year and the next, emphasizing the fact that the seasonal cycle never ceases. Traditionally, garlic cloves (the small divisions of the bulb) are planted on the shortest day of the year and harvested on the longest. Certainly, late autumn planting gives a far superior crop than if one waits till spring. Rotating the ground, that vacated by garlic (and a square yard is ample for all but the most extravagant alliophiles), is perfect for an August sowing of chervil.
In spite of this ease of growth (well-drained soil provided) it is still apt to be thought that garlic from abroad is better, or the only possible. In this context we have not moved far in 250 years. "Garlick is call'd the Countryman's Treacle", says Joseph Miller, "though it is not used so much in England as it is in Foreign Parts". Only in recent years have the British accepted garlic as a valuable flavouring for so many dishes though maybe some atavistically fear that "If Garlick be applied to the soles of the feet, the breath will stink of it." (The Compleat Herbal of Physical Plants by John Pechey, 1694.)
Like conventional herb garden onions, garlic is not expected to flower; it does so only at the expense of the bulb. Egyptian or tree onions have the strange habit of developing bulbils on their flowering umbels which, as they swell, weighing down the stems so that eventually, meeting the ground, the cluster of bulbils and roots makes a further clump. Nothing, obviously could be easier to propagate. These are little more, than amusing oddities, though on occasion useful as flavounng when normal onions are unavailable (April and May are the usual empty months when the stored crop is over - no one ever grows enough onions - and the new crop, even the Japanese August sown one, is not ready).
Much more valuable both in the kitchen and in the garden, are chives, Allium schoenoprasum. This charming little tussock makes bright early leaf growth - grist to the scissors of those gathering material for a spring omelette aux fines herbes. It is soon replaced and accompanied by copious 9-inch heads of purple flowers which make a show for weeks, especially if the plants are kept moist. Chives form charming semi-formal edging to beds of herbs.
Better Health for Garlic Eaters!
Convincing evidence that garlic can lower cholesterol is lacking. The fact remains, however, that residents of Southern Europe eat more garlic and have less heart disease than Americans. But, they also drink more wine, consume more olive oil, and eat less meat than Americans. Obviously, more than just garlic consumption is involved. Still, it would be hard to think of a safer herbal remedy than garlic, and the only harm that could come from using too much garlic might be that people would avoid you.
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Hot tea brewing method: Bring freshly drawn cold water to a rolling boil. Place 1 tea bag for each cup into the teapot. Pour the boiling water into the pot, cover and let steep for 2-4 minutes. Pour into your cup; add milk and sugar to taste.
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