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I work a garden that stocks food pantries with fresh produce. A year or so ago, at start of spring my daughter found an upside down garlic, out of soil, that somehow survived winter. 1/11
It looked like this, but WAY smaller and more beat up
“Can we take it home and plant it”, she asked.
“Sure, but that thing is as dead as a door nail”
But she planted it anyway.
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“Sure, but that thing is as dead as a door nail”
But she planted it anyway.
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Two years later. Wild garlic everywhere. 3/11
These are garlic scapes. You cut them to ensure the plant grows bulb instead of flower. Massive pile. 4/11
Garlic scarves taste like garlic with a touch of scallion. You use them exactly like you would either of those. I’m making pesto out of this later. 5/11
“So what”?
1 - Sometimes hopeless, weak, undernourished things forge way for strong, vibrant, productive things.
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1 - Sometimes hopeless, weak, undernourished things forge way for strong, vibrant, productive things.
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2 - a low effort opportunity to take a chance on something hopeless, weak, and undernourished should be a no-brainer. 7/11
3 - ever see a garlic pile @ a supermarket? Where are the scapes? Wasted. Think of the waste baked into our daily consumption. 8/11
4 - smaller systems deal with waste better, and draw more value from the same inputs. 9/11
5 - waste = opportunity to provide value. That means there’s tons of opportunity out there. 10/11
6 - grow at least some of your own food. It taught me more than I ever thought possible about life and business. 11/11
