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Tuesday November 21, 2006

Artichokes harvest

In error I dug my artichokes up. I read afterwards I could have left them in the ground, having trimmed their six foot high stalks to ground level. So I have had to put them in compost to stop them drying out. I was given small tubers last Autumn that I set in the Spring and they did very well as you can see. I have kept some small ones off this years plants for next years crop. So what to do with this crop? I made some soup with Carrot, Onion, Celery and some Artichokes which tastes reasonable. I also roasted some at the weekend to have with our Sunday roast dinner - again not a bad taste. I think the taste is a bit like asparagus - we will see how quickly they are consumed before I firmly decide to grow a crop of them next year...

Footnote

Yesterday I found out why this vegetable is not popular. I developed terrible flatulence. By lunchtime it was so bad I decided to WFH as our study has a toilet within handy reach. It took the rest of the day for my stomach to settle down....

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