I’ve been posting my usual posts on Christmas Pagan trees.

Here’s a picture of my alternative and the story behind it. In conversation with alumni from my workshops (which I recommend you take), one mentioned all you need to do to grow garlic is stick a clove in the dirt and water it.

Could it be that easy? It wasn’t hard to try. I did it the other day and already it’s growing. I’m not sure how I’ll use it, but growing new plants beats chopping down trees in my opinion, even if I end up eating this one.

How will it taste? As I’ve learned:

Home-grown tastes better, even when it tastes worse.

Home-cooked tastes better, even when it tastes worse.

Anyway, all I have to do it try preparing it, just like all I had to do to find out if it would grow was to try. I don’t feel I need to find out if I can pay someone to cut down a tree.

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