Who doesn’t love free food?
We so appreciate being able to harvest our own Wild Garlic from the woods down here in Arkansas. First off, it is free! Moreover, it can be trusted, since we can watch it grow. Even more than that, it is amazing to be able to collect an immune system boosting plant ever summer and save it for the upcoming cold and flu season of the winter months. Now this is my kind of health plan and medicine.
Mixed in with all the other wild plants at the forests edge lurks the Wild Garlic!
When you find the top of the plant, it should be easy to accurately identify.
To verify, grab the stem firmly near the base and pull it up.
If you have accurately located the correct plant, it should have a Garlic bulb on the end of it. If you have waited a little too long in the growing season, the stem will come up empty and the bulb will remain underground. No worries, though, they will grow back again next year.
While the top can also be used as a food, you may want to consider another option.
If you crumble the head in your hand, all the tiny little garlics will break free from the stem. These little garlics can then be spread to ensure future harvests.
We like to sprinkle the little garlics back in the same area that we uprooted the bulbs from. Not only has this area already proven itself as an area that can produce a crop, we are already accustomed to looking in this location for Wild Garlic.
Gather a good amount of bulbs. In time you will be able to know what your family generally uses on a yearly basis and be able to harvest accordingly.
I like to bend the stems right away to get them flexible and prepared for the braiding.
If you rinse the dirt off of the bulbs at harvest they will be already clean when you want to use them later.
Once all of your bulbs are washed, you are ready to begin!
Begin the process by selecting three bulbs and start to braid their stems.
Continue adding a bulb each time you braid, to create a continuous braid covered in bulbs.
Once you run out of bulbs to add, continue braiding the existing stems until you reach the end. Tie the braid in a knot and hang in the sun to dry.
Ideally this should be done prior to using all of your supply from last year. Repeat as necessary.
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-wild-garlic-saved-for-winter
Until next time…
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Wow. That's cool! Garlic is really good for you. I try to eat a raw clove a day. Especially going into the fall and flu and cold season. Thanks papa-pepper for sharing this.
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I've heard adding a little raw local honey will also helps with allergies. My wife may at me crazy when I pop a raw honey glazed garlic in my mouth but it is totally worth the immunity boost!
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One of my first posts ever on steemit was sharing about that exact thing.
https://steemit.com/food/@papa-pepper/amazing-simple-beneficial-recipe
Hard to believe that was over a year ago now!
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You are a healthy life style @papa-pepper ,you put a honey to your garlic or its an original bro!
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Right on. It's a great Immune boost for sure.
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I agree! Your comment has been upvoted at 100% to encourage real interaction and commenting. Too many "come see my post" and "upvote me" comments lately, so my upvote will move yours higher in my reply section so others can learn from your example!
Thanks @coolbowser!
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Thank you @papa-pepper! I appreciate it. I was just on my way to the grocery to get some garlic when I saw your post. Appreciate you!
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Wow!
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If i reach 300 sp milestone bro, you are one of my 100% upvote!
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You really eat it raw... r e s p e c t
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Raw is best!
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Sometimes. Yes. Most times I eat the clove with something else I'm eating. Like an avocado 🥑 or pizza. But I do eat it raw. That's the only way to get all the benefits. Once it's cooked it loses its power.
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Kill all the enzymes and good stuff! Especially wild picked, you have to have it raw! :D
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I live in the south too and I have seen those my whole life and I never knew it was wild garlic. I absolutely love garlic so I will have to try this out. Thanks for your contribution. I am eagerly awaiting the new season of steem-pocalypse.
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Give them a try, they are so good.
Also, I just put up the STEEM-Pocalypse sign up for next season!
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Wow!
Super beautiful and oh so useful!
Garlic is not only one of the best medicines on earth but one of my favorite additions to so many delicious dishes!
We have cultivated some garlic here but haven't found any wild garlic around unfortunately.
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This is so cool! I live up in WA state and will have to research if we can harvest wild garlic in my area. I go through at least 1 clove a week! My motto is that if the garlic is cooked- you can never have too much. I don't think my tastebuds would tolerate raw garlic though!
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Awesome thank you! When I buy my acreage this is exactly the stuff I am looking to learn and appreciate you posting valuable content such as this. I have heard that local honey is best for someone with allergies to help try to combat it. I'm sure not if it actually works it seems like when I take it my allergies go into hyper mode?
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Not sure about the honey/allergies thing, but it may be worth a try.
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Love it! Thanks for sharing. Will follow.
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In past i never use garlic but some time back i started having it its beneficial for health.
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Thanks for the post..
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Please keep following & upvote me...
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Please do not make comments like that. Instead of just stating "Thanks for the post" and then promoting yourself, why not read the post and leave a real comment that may spark the author's interest in seeing what person made such a nice comment.
Your comment reads "Please keep following" but I do not yet follow you..... this is inaccurate in the way that it is worded.
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Nice guide cant wait to make some garlic bread tha
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@papa-pepper Enjoyed this piece. Garlic is so strong! There's always those people who are like stay away it'll make you smell, and I'm like WHATEVER! Keep it up brother :)
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Wonderful postings @papa-pepper
I like
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@papa-pepper Garlic and onions are spices mixed with cooking
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That they do! I love adding them to my dishes!
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Certainly very interesting
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Very cool. I'm new to steemit and I like your blog post.
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Wow fresh wild garlic see first time in the field,Thanks for sharing papa-pepper with us.
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Yeah, I was happy to find it when I moved here!
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Wow, this is indeed intreasting to know, I hope i can try it out someday. Thanks for sharing @papa-pepper.
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Great post! Now following if you'd like to follow back
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In Philippines my father is planting organic garlic for sale to make living for a ridiculous price of 2$ per kilo.
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wow this is an amazing process thanks for sharing you deserve a tip! @tipu
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Howdy @papa-pepper, I just finished harvesting my first garlic patch, so it was cool to see your post right after!
I was told it's best not to wash them with water after harvesting because it can cause rot. Have you noticed any problems with that?
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None at all so far, but this is only my second year. I do not leave them wet, but let them dry in the sun, so maybe that helps. We are still eating ones from last year, and they are still good.
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The plants are strange! look so beautiful.
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They do, and they are beautiful!
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Hello papa- pepper seen lots of your posts and videos now I've got a few questions about have you always lived off the land or is it a resent thing, where did you start and where do you see yourself ending I mean do you generate any electricity yourself. How self sufficient do you plan on getting. It is very interesting, cheers mike
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That could be a whole post, but new, it is all new. We are currently about to break ground on our house site soon.
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Yeah your right it was a bit much, thanks for replying. Cheers mike
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Oh man, I'd love some wild garlic to grow around here. Grow it around the parameter of the yard and house to repel fleas, have something tasty and immune boosting to eat later.
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Great information here, @papa-pepper! I have always wondered what to do with the garlic growing in my yard. Had no idea how to harvest. Thank you!
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You take such great pictures. I wish I could take pictures like that. I would make books for my preschool class.
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Thank you for that compliment!
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nice one . this is awesome! garlic is medicinal. it helps strengthen the immune system and helps cure cancer. thanks for sharing this @papa-pepper.
#ilovewhatyouaredoing
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Very nice post thanks !!
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Thank you for the tips, I myself believe that the best freedoms in life are self sufficient lives. And you are taking the time to positively influence us on this. Thank you! @papa-pepper
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I have pleased to be inspirational, educational, and influential. Thank you for the encouragement.
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Fruits and vegetables include foods important to the body because they contain various vitamins and minerals and fiber. The content of vitamins and minerals are useful for maintaining a healthy body. Moreover free more benefits. @papa-pepper
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I will never get tired of garlic!
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Me neither! We get some good harvests around here!
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Great advice! Thanks for sharing, will try!
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Can this be done with wild onions as well?
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looking at the picture of the crumbled garlic head and seeing a hand full of tiny bulbs reminds me of seeds from an egyptian walking onions :) great tips question do they ever grow a bit bigger in size or is what you show it? thanks for sharing
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They grow a little bigger each year as the cloves they start from a bigger.
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That's a big harvest of garlic to keep you healthy over the winter. Garlic contains allicin which enhances the immune system , kills off pre-cancerous cells, thins the blood thereby lowering blood pressure among other benefits.It is such an awesome plant to consume, thanks for sharing :)
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Loved the garlic braiding style. Garlic is an important ingredient in Indian chicken curry. I would like to store some from my garden for the winters.
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Pappa you truly are awesome man, garlic tops are also a nice little snack while on a walk in the woods. :) Love you bro.
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I am growing garlic in my garden, so I did some research on the topic and the professional growers suggest NOT planting garlic in the same spot year after year because garlic's enemies will have a chance to accumulate there over time. It may actually be better if you spread those flower heads in different areas so that they grow where there is no accumulation of its enemies.
I take my largest bulbs from last year and plant those in one of 3 garden plots. That way, it will be the 3rd year before the same garden plot is used for growing garlic again. Apparently, the same applies for onions, but I don't bother growing those because I can buy them fairly cheaply.
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We spread them around quite a bit too, since the more the merrier, but good point. Thanks for that!
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Woww very nice.
What tree is it?
Its useful for just ??
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Hi @papa-pepper, I am really happy to read this article. Thanks for your information. Regard from Aceh, Indonesia.
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i have a friend in st louis that's always looking for feral garlics to add to his +2000 variety collection. he's found them at old farmsteads throughout the area - he also has other friends that tell him of seeing/finding others along old county roads. i bet he'd be interested in your finds. he's on facebook as mark garlic brown and/or gateway garlic farms. he's also interested in collecting heritage fruit trees especially apple and plum varieties that are being lost. you could help each other out ;)
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I'll be passing through St. Louis in a couple weeks.
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like his page on facebook https://www.facebook.com/GatewayGarlic/ he updates what's going on and where he is regularly and you can probably see his operation p.s. he's breeding true garlic from seed!
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I love garlic!! I use it always when I cook. I want to grow my own spices and veggies in my garden but this is just very usefull to know. Thank you for sharing this.
Just one question...here in the Netherlands the sun doens't always shines. Should I then hang it up inside or still outside but at a dry place??
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@divaliciouss, Not pappa-prepper, but do have some experience with garlic and other vegetables. Drying the heads hanging in any warm, dry area. If the sun isn't shining outside, try hanging them near a fireplace or a wood stove. Not only will the heads dry there, but your home will smell yummy,
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Now I see your name @katedansyng.....oeps I'm so sorry for that :(
I think it will be the pest place to hang it then here in the house cause even outside here in the Netherlands it's pretty cold...this summer -.-
And thank you for your reply <3
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Garlic is good for healthy... great article brother.
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wow!!! amazing!!
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tiny garlic how is the flavor compared with regular non wild one?
MMMMM Some of that garlic blended with a whole lemon and some raw honey... You will be safe for winter no more colds.
That is my medicine every year :D
Soy tu tio
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It tastes the same to me.
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sweet save couple bucks buying garlic the whole year. And the trust of knowing where it comes from. Clean food is the best!
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This is so cool! I want to grow some garlic in my garden to braid it like this :D
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Wow....i see fresh garlic..you had a beautiful garden bro..
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That's an awesome harvest. Garlic is my favorite
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I love it, especially because it is free and wild!
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Very cool! I wonder if that grows in middle Tennessee. I've never seen it in our woods. Only wild onions.
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I have tried several times on onion farming, but have not succeeded if can share my experience with me?
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Awesome post..upped. This is great because it will reduce wasting a grat ingridient in our food. Its also very healthy against many illnesses.
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This is great. I didn't know how you save it, we get a glut of it in the UK and then nothing. I run an ethical living magazine so it's definitely of interest. Thanks!
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I want free garlic too!
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I grew garlic for the first time this year and I am anxiously awaiting the harvest coming up. I planted twelve cloves and two didn't make it. I have to figure out why. But the other ten are thriving; well as much as garlic can thrive. The leaves are turning brown so from what I've researched, should be ready for harvesting soon.
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Wow! Wonderful write up. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for checking it out!
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Great post @papa-pepper!
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Wow .. I'm happy with you papa .. all your posts are very good. Many give the same vote as the @sweetsssj princess who is always included in the trending. If I may know, where are you at the time?
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Where am I?
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I am from indonesia.. And Now my place is at 1 am. What time is it now papa?
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It is now almost 1 pm in Arkansas USA.
Other side of the world!
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Hahaha 12 hours wonderful
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Papa ..when you post again insects like yesterday
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Not sure, but I have seen some nice ones lately. Probably one tomorrow.
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Does it make any difference at what stage you harvest the garlic? In the garden I would lift it a little earlier so the cloves would still be covered by the old leaf sheaths.
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Wonderful post. following. Thanks for the insight into foraging.
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Garlic is my favorite for its pungent flavor as a seasoning or condiment.
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