Garlic: The Knight

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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One of my favorite crops to eat and grow, garlic is ‘The Knight’ of herbal medicine according to Dr. Mark Merriwether Vorderbruggen.. Connect with Mark Merriwether Vorderbruggen, Ph.D.: Mr. Mark Merriwether Vorderbruggen, chief herbalist and chemist for Medicine Man Plant Co. Medicine Man Plant Co Foraging Texas Medicina Man Plant Co on Facebook Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Order signed copies of Kevin’s books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog YouTube (Including our Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden channels) Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, Jacques, and Chris) TikTok Facebook Facebook Group Discord Server Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone, welcome back to the Epic Gardening podcast.
0:15.9	We've got Dr. Mark, Maryweather Vorderbrugan on the show this week.
0:19.5	He's been on in the past and I do recommend you go back and check those episodes out.
0:24.7	But today he's here as the chief herbalist and chemist for medicine man plant company
0:28.8	and we've been talking about different things you can grow in the garden to support the
0:32.6	immune system in the metaphor of a chessboard and chess pieces.
0:36.5	So we've gotten the king, we've gotten the queen.
0:38.8	We're now here at the night, which you have dubbed garlic again.
0:43.7	One of my favorite crops.
0:44.7	I've certainly struggled to grow it.
0:46.0	I've had issues with pests, digging pests, disease and stuff, long season crop.
0:51.2	But long and storied history actually in in myth, I think, certainly with things like
0:56.5	vampires, but it's been around for quite a long time as a remedy of sorts.
1:00.4	And I'm curious from your perspective, you know, what powers does it have?
1:03.6	All right.
1:04.6	Yeah.
1:05.6	So when you think of the night, you think of very potent, very powerful, but again, somewhat
1:10.2	limited in its moves.
1:12.6	And also if you think about horse, sometimes if you had a sweaty horse, it kind of smells
1:16.6	like garlic.
1:17.6	So it seemed like garlic was the perfect night in the chessboard.
1:20.7	There you go.
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