Dear Jane So sorry to hear about your not finding fresh garlic at the store! I can share with you my findings about garlic, especially the fact that 80% of the garlic consumed in the US comes from China. I just went outside in the garden to check on my martagon lilies, they were up since last week, then we got more than 6 inches of snow on Easter, and yesterday and today we had layers of heavy snow and bright sun. My lilies are still there - but look at my garlic, I planted 120 cloves last fall, Red Russian. Does well with cold and has large cloves, about 8-10 from each one. As far as keeping the covids away - I eat 2-3 cloves every day, the fresh garlic, before you dry it to store, it boosts the immune system goes the story, at least that is what I heard! I plant in October, harvest in June, wait 2 days then clean it and store it in a jar with oil. That is what I eat. I leave some in the garden until August, and that keeps until the new harvest the following year, in a cold spot of your home, cold room. Like any bulb, garlic is an amazing plant! I find it difficult to cook without it, or eat anything without it, even make garlic jelly. The porcelain garlic keeps better, but here in MN - all garlic keeps! ;) ElVee On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 2:05 PM Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> wrote: > Just returned from the supermarket (first time in 12 days!). In the > produce department, I asked if they had any garlic by now. I can barely > cook without it. > > "No, we never have any these days." > > "I think people must be using it thinking it'll keep them from getting > covid." > > "That's exactly it. It's all over the internet." > > "It would be! This is straight out of the Middle Ages!" > > "Yeah, it sure is." > > "Well, at least the vampires won't get them." > > So I guess I'll have to sniff some of my Allium species to see if > they're a good substitute. > > Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, PSA (Pacific States of America) > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_1548.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 6694928 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…