permaculture

[Loren Davidson <loren@farwalker.com>]

At 07:14 AM 5/29/01 -0700, Krettler Family wrote:
> I grow a lot of garlic, 26 varieties so far.  I usually trim back the 
> flower stalks
> but there is some debate as to the benefit of doing this.  Chester Aaron, 
> a popular
> author of several books on garlic, is convinced  that the flower "scape sucks
> nutrients, or energy, from the bulb."  Chester cuts the scape almost as 
> soon as it
> appears.  There are some recipes out there for using the flower scapes.

An Oriental coworker I had a few years back told me that she used to see 
these in the Asian produce markets, bundled, for about $4/lb.  So they can 
not only be used at home but possibly converted into currency.

Build soil,

Loren

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