Let me tell you something, plant friends. Real gardeners grow garlic. If you talk to those real

gardeners who have been growing food for years and years and years and you ask them what their

favorite things to grow in their garden are, like eight out of ten of them are going to say

garlic, I swear. Which is why I am bringing back today's episode in this Best of Growing Joy

replay series, this deep dive on garlic. Because garlic isn't just the

base of your favorite recipes. It really is the unsung hero of the garden. It's easy to grow.

It's space saving. It's pest repelling. And downright delicious. And there is such a fascinating

amount of varieties that you can try. So on this episode, several years back originally, I chatted with

our friend Jill Winger. She's a homesteader and author and the host of the old-fashioned on-purpose

podcast. Jill shares her journey into slow living, but also a garlic growing tutorial for how to

grow it, cure it, and use it in the kitchen. In part, I am re-airing this episode because my husband

turned to me the other day and said, can I put in a request for what I want you to grow this

year? Garlic. So I'm re-listening alongside you. And Jill is an amazing guest because she doesn't

just teach you how to grow a plant. She teaches you how to reconnect with nature's rhythms and

slow down. Her podcast is great. You should go check it

out as well. So let's dive into the Mighty Garlic Bowl. Welcome to the Growing Joy with Plants

podcast, where we not only learn how to care for plants successfully, but how to simply and

affordably use our plant babies to cultivate more joy in our lives by doing so.

I'm Maria, former plant killer turned happy plant lady, author of Growing Joy, The Plant

Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness, speaker, podcaster, and most importantly, your new best

plant friend.

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