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[Woody Wodraska <wodraska@mac.com>]

Hi Amy,
that blue on the garlic will do you no harm at all and like the purple  
that naturally occurs in garlic bulbs it is simply another mineral in  
the soil making the colour change or bacteria in the soil.
Kind of a beautiful blue if it is the same as the garlic that we grew  
in the Wood River Valley in Idaho. Not sure about your other questions  
except you probably want something waterproof on the roof.
Blessings,
Barbara
Woody Wodraska
wodraska@mac.com
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On Sep 10, 2010, at 8:30 AM, Amy Little wrote:

> Hi Perm friends,
> I am keeping foods for winter and some of the garlic I have pickled  
> has a blue tinge to it.
> I assume it is some bacteria. Does anyone know what it is and what  
> harm/good it might do?
>
> Another garlic question.
> The elephant garlic I grew had small seed bulbets around the outside  
> of the mammoth cloves.  Has anyone cycled these bulbets through  
> growing season(s) in the Northeast? Advice?
>
> Unrelated:
> Roofs:
> What would be the best material to put over a plywood then a living  
> roof on a slanted chicken coop?
>
> Amy
>
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