After nearly two years on the waiting list I now have a plot of land. While it's only a very small plot (allotment) it's still somewhere for me to grow some food. As the plot is a twenty minute walk away from my apartment I decided to go the low maintenance route to gardening. while researching I came across permaculture. Once set up it should mean extremely low maintenance, and while the whole forest garden plan can't be applied to such a small plot I'll be eliminating some of the key concepts into my humble allotment plot.
Check out this fantastic video of how permaculture was used to grow a sustainable crops in the desert.
Garlic - The Smelly Super Food
After spending two days in bed, I decided drastic measures needed to be taken. I knocked back a clove of garlic and small glass of water on the hour every hour. I my skin smells of garlic, so does my breath and my cloths. Breaking wind while consuming such vast quantities of raw garlic is extremely dangerous and has on two occasions nearly knocked me out. I'm almost sure they could kill a new born in a matter of minutes. But I fell great. OK not great but better, good enough to come to work and make anyone who walks past me take the few extra sniffs.
I cut each clove into small slices then freeze, this makes it slightly more palatable.
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