National Pomegranate Month

What better time than November to mention the virtues of the pomegranate?

Its recent status as a superfood can only explain the number of pomegranate juices on store shelves and the pomegranate martinis and mojitos showing up on many a drink menu. The pomegranate contains more antioxidants than green tea or grape juice. This fruit may benefit those with clogged arteries, osteoarthritis, and atherosclerosis, plus one fruit contains 40% of the RDA of Vitamin C and is chock full of folic acid, to boot.

You may even find the entire fruit somewhere in the produce department as well. The pomegranate is a bit of contrarian, it's a fruit where you eat the seeds, or arils, and discard the remaining fruit. I know this because this is what I've read, since my only experience is in juice form. But if you're interested in rolling up your sleeves and doing your own prep work, here's a link on peeling a pomegranate. Actually, two links.

But why stop there? Why not consider the pomegranate bush as an ornamental planting to dress up your landscape? But if your local climate is not hospitable, perhaps consider the pomegranate to at least dress up your salmon dishes.