Re: Growing medicinal foods

In article <ompomelet-70B80E.02424830062008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Omelet <ompomelet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> In article 
> <wildbilly-71C2A8.23253829062008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  Billy <wildbilly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > >
> > > > I knew about garlic for B.P. 
> > > 
> > > B.P.???
> > Blood pressure.
> 
> Ah! Sorry. :-)
> Garlic is food for health in general.
> 
> > > 
> > > > 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.
> > 
> > We keep both in baskets and I have started planting those that sprout.
> 
> IOW, you don't use it up that quickly either. <g>
> It's not expensive, I just prefer to use granulated garlic for most 
> stuff. It agrees with me better.
> 
> Garlic will sprout in the 'frige too if left too long.
> 
> > The lettuce garden has almost recovered from the raccoon who foraged
in 
> > the mulch. I transplanted four valerians from their germination trays
to 
> > larger pots. The potted passion fruit is four feet high and is
starting
> > to climb an oak tree. Tomorrow I'll transplant the skullcap baikal.
> 
> Neat!  I have a passion vine too that is recovering from underwatering, 
> and the Purple Cone Flower (Echinacea) has re-seeded itself now for 4 
> years in a row. Have not tried growing Valerian. I use the caps for a 
> sleep aid sometimes.
> 
> I'd like to try growing hops one of these years, but do not know the 
> requirement.  
> 
> I also have a dead mimosa tree out front and am considering leaving the 
> dead trunk in place and just removing the top, then "seeding" it with 
> some kind of mushroom mycelia.  ****ake would be my preference, but 
> that's supposed to do best in Oak and I don't have any dead oak trees.  
> I may just do Pearl Oyster since that's supposed to be one of the 
> easiest to grow.  I've managed to get it to fruit once in an unbleached 
> toilet paper roll after innoculating the middle of the roll with some 
> finely chopped stems. :-)
> 
> I should probably e-mail 
fungi perfecti ---> http://www.fungi.com/
I didn't know about them, 
thanks. 
> for advice. Turkey Tail mushroom 
> is supposed to have anti-viral and anti-cancer properties made into a 
> tea.
I thought you were a Kombucha fan. Still looking? What is your take on 
the effectiveness of Kombucha?
-- 

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