|
|
Article: How to grow garlic. (organically)
- Article from:
- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- November 1, 1994
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1994 Countryside Publications Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Any organic gardener who enjoys tasty foods should give garlic a try. It's easy to grow, and its culinary uses are seemingly endless.
Hundreds of folk remedies and myths surround this member of the lily family. How much truth can be found in such claims? For hundreds of years garlic has been used medicinally. Louis Pasteur was perhaps the first scientist to verify that a crushed garlic clove is a potent antiseptic. More recently, research has shown that garlic extracts are effective in the treatment of colitis, anemia, asthma, and many other diseases. Researchers now know that garlic is rich in selenium, a trace element which stimulates immunity factors in the ...