Re: Growing medicinal foods

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<wildbilly-85C443.12383629062008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Billy <wildbilly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> > Yogurt and vinegar douche is the old remedy for Yeast, but garlic
works 
> > better.  I've not been bothered by it for awhile but last time I did, 
> > pigging out on garlic actually worked.  I also recommended it to my
best 
> > friend last time she had a problem with it and donated 10 heads of 
> > garlic to the cause. Fortunately, she _likes_ garlic! It worked for
her 
> > as well.
>
> I think it would help to have an Italian boyfriend;-)

<snicker>

> > 
> > Eaten in recipes, NOT made into a douche.
> > 
> > Pardon for the semi-off-topic post, but one can grow garlic too. <g>
> > Like other foods, it's very medicinal.
>
> I knew about garlic for B.P. 

B.P.???

> but not yeast infections. Odd though, I 
> would have thought that garlic and fungi would have gotten along, they 
> do in my kitchen :o)

Heh! I refrigerate garlic in a basket in the 'frige. Onions are stored 
in a basket at room temp. Baskets are really good to keep stored veggies 
dry and slows mold growth.

I keep old easter baskets (the cheap ones) and just cut the handles off.

> > 
> > Medicinal garden foods might make an interesting thread...
>
> Did you know that a thyme flower decoction is anti-bacterial and used as

> a gargle is good for sore throats? Sorry, we weren't talking nose and 
> throats, were we?
>
Sure! We are talking medicinal uses. :-)  I have two different varieties 
of thyme in the herb garden so that's a good hint.

Right now, regular use of milk thistle capsules seems to be drastically 
shortening the length and severity of head colds! Seriously. I'm 
considering growing it since it does well in this climate.

> > I have trouble growing garlic. I'm probably not doing it right.
> > Never been able to get it to "clove" for me, but onions did ok. They 
> > seem to like sandier soil. But, with the cost of water here, it's 
> > cheaper for me anymore to purchase most veggies instead of trying to 
> > grow them. :-(
>
> I've already ordered mine for this fall. I'm using the shot-gun 
> approach. I'm planting several types in different spots on my north 
> facing hillside.
> 
> Later and thanks for the catch.

Cheers! :-)

> 
> Thanks to Jan too for the garlic website
> http://www.filareefarm.com/
-- 
Peace! Om

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