Garlic (alium sativum)
Healing
Garlic is full of vitamins, minerals and amino acids etc. It is an anti-infective for both bacterial and viral infections, especially respiratory and digestive tract. Also lowers blood pressure and cholestrol levels and thins the blood. Perhaps also anti-cancer and anti-oxidant properties.
Planting
Autumn planting gives the largest bulbs as it starts to grow on the shortest day and finishes on the longest day of the year.
Dotting it amongst roses and flowers is said to deter pests and diseases. It also cleanes the ground leaving it good for following crops.
Artworks
It is used in Calendric Rituals for Samhain
November (2007)
Fertile Darkness (2019)
About Borage
Borage (Borago Officinalis) is a hardy annual with five petalled leaves. Native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor. It belongs to the Boraginaceae family. It's close relatives include Forget-me-nots and Comfrey. Borage or borago, is reputed to bestow courage and uplift the spirits and it is thought by some plant historians to be derived from the word, corago, another word for courage. Others believe it originated from the Celtic word, barrach, meaning a man of courage. Borage is a diuretic; it may help with fevers, respiratory infections, kidney problems, rheumatic and skin problems.
Making Fragile
Making Fragile, pencil and coloured pencil on graph paper, 54cm x 54cm, 2020.
Seeping Beneath
Seeping Beneath, pencil and coloured pencil on graph paper, 54cm x 54cm, 2020.
