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Garlic

Garlic is a plant of the Allium family, and its pungent smell hints at how useful it can be in cooking, healing and treating problems!

Rocambole, or sand leek, flower containing cloves

Rocambole, the crazy garlic… and also known as sand leek?!

The Vegetable Patch
Raised beds with companion planting

Companion planting in the vegetable patch

The Vegetable Patch
Fine needle-like leaves and creamy white flowers on a tea tree branch

Boils: the plants traditionally used for skin comfort and cleanliness

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Benefits of garlic

Garlic: traditional uses, everyday preparations and cautions

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Potions with plants on a bench, fertilizers and treatments

Magic potions from plants… for plants!

Treating diseases and pests
Winter vegetables

Which vegetables to grow in winter?

The Vegetable Patch
Vegetables that help detox the body in spring

Spring Detox Plate: Seasonal Foods, Drinks and Habits at Winter’s End

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Onion, Garlic, Leek, Shallot and Chives: How to Use the Allium Family at Home

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Winter remedies

Five Winter Standbys: Royal Jelly, Honey, Ginger, Garlic and Eucalyptus

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Garlic

Garlic, how to grow huge and healthy heads

The Vegetable Patch
A few edible wild plants harvested from a walk

Edible plants, become a neo-hunter-gatherer!

Herbs and spices
Garlic and clove on a countertop with a dark background, still life

Garlic decoction, technique and timing

Treating diseases and pests