This page explains how Garlicly decides what to publish, how we research it, what role AI tools play, and how corrections, affiliate links, and medical claims are handled.
What we publish
We publish on garlic: growing it, buying seed garlic and varieties, curing and storing it, what supplement research supports, and how to cook with it. A topic makes the cut when a reader can act on the answer — a planting window, a depth, a cooking ratio, a substitution — and when we can check the facts against sources a reader could also open.
How we research
Primary sources only. For growing content that means university extension services, USDA plant hardiness data, trial reports, and our own field notes. For supplement content it means peer-reviewed trials, systematic reviews, regulator monographs, and label audits of the actual products. We do not cite content farms, product marketing pages, or unattributed summaries. Where evidence is thin, we say so and label it as uncertain rather than filling the gap with confident language.
AI-assisted work, and its limits
We use AI tools to help outline drafts, restructure sections, check readability, and catch inconsistencies. AI output is never published without a human pass against the cited sources. Facts, numbers, dosages, dates, and quotes are verified against a primary source before publication. We do not generate fake people, fake quotes, fake photos of authors, or invented test results, and we do not use AI images to stand in for real products or real gardens.
Review and corrections
Every guide is reviewed for plain-language accuracy before publishing, and pages that carry numbers (planting dates, prices, nutrition, dosage) are re-checked on the schedule shown on the page. If we get something wrong, tell us through the contact page with the URL and the sentence. Valid corrections are made and dated; the change is visible in the updated timestamp on the article.
Affiliate relationships
Garlicly participates in affiliate programs. Commissions never change the order of a ranking, the score in a review box, or whether a product appears at all. Commercial pages carry an inline disclosure above the links and a disclosure block at the end. Full terms are in our affiliate disclosure.
Medical and safety content
Supplement articles are education, not medical advice, and are presented separately from any commercial disclosure. Garlic supplements can interact with medications; we say so wherever dosage or safety is discussed, and every supplement article carries a link to our medical disclaimer.
Who we are
Qiu Xiaodong is the pen name used by the Garlicly editorial team. Every guide is researched against primary sources and reviewed before publishing. It is a team byline, not a fictional person, and we do not attach invented credentials to it. More about the publication is on the about page.
Last updated: November 7, 2026.