<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Soaring chokes</title> <atom:link href="http://tinyfarmblog.com/soaring-chokes/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://tinyfarmblog.com/soaring-chokes/</link> <description>Daily photo-journal of organic market gardening: growing local food with two acres and some tools...!</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 22:37:36 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>By: Mary Ellen</title><link>http://tinyfarmblog.com/soaring-chokes/#comment-88827</link> <dc:creator>Mary Ellen</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:30:12 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1669#comment-88827</guid> <description>Where can I shop for Jerusalem Artichokes (sunchokes) in Kansas City, MO??? Are they available at the City Market? I can&#039;t find them in any produce dept. at any grocery store, and I&#039;ve looked everywhere! Likewise, Broccoli Rabe (Raab). Where can I buy them? I am craving both veggies. Thank you</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Where can I shop for Jerusalem Artichokes (sunchokes) in Kansas City, MO??? Are they available at the City Market? I can&#8217;t find them in any produce dept. at any grocery store, and I&#8217;ve looked everywhere! Likewise, Broccoli Rabe (Raab). Where can I buy them? I am craving both veggies. Thank you</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Jerusalem artichoke in full flower &#124; Tiny Farm Blog</title><link>http://tinyfarmblog.com/soaring-chokes/#comment-33555</link> <dc:creator>Jerusalem artichoke in full flower &#124; Tiny Farm Blog</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:37:34 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1669#comment-33555</guid> <description>[...] Last seen simply soaring up above 7&#8242; (2m), the Jerusalem artichoke recently exploded with flowers. Last year, flowers appeared on some plants, and I read that flowering chokes isn&#8217;t that common. You couldn&#8217;t tell from here&#8230; The plants continue to thrive, weathering pretty heavy wind recently with only a bit of a lean. I haven&#8217;t dug around to see what the tuber harvest may be like, but I expect it&#8217;ll be massive&#8230;   Tags: flowering, Jerusalem artichoke Somewhat related posts: &#149; Jerusalem artichoke flowers &#149; Soaring chokes &#149; Jerusalem artichoke &#149; Jerusalem artichoke update &#149; Return to Jerusalem artichoke [...]</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Last seen simply soaring up above 7&#8242; (2m), the Jerusalem artichoke recently exploded with flowers. Last year, flowers appeared on some plants, and I read that flowering chokes isn&#8217;t that common. You couldn&#8217;t tell from here&#8230; The plants continue to thrive, weathering pretty heavy wind recently with only a bit of a lean. I haven&#8217;t dug around to see what the tuber harvest may be like, but I expect it&#8217;ll be massive&#8230;   Tags: flowering, Jerusalem artichoke Somewhat related posts: &#8226; Jerusalem artichoke flowers &#8226; Soaring chokes &#8226; Jerusalem artichoke &#8226; Jerusalem artichoke update &#8226; Return to Jerusalem artichoke [...]</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Sheri</title><link>http://tinyfarmblog.com/soaring-chokes/#comment-32682</link> <dc:creator>Sheri</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:42:20 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1669#comment-32682</guid> <description>It might interest some to know that JA are part of the sunflower family (although mine have never flowered...yet) and therefore native to the prairies. Our First Nations&#039; people ate them as a staple starch. I&#039;m surprised at the zoning info you found as they are definitely ok here in -40 Manitoba. I just leave some in the ground and they come up every year. I think it would be hard &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to leave some in the ground :) I can&#039;t say I love them...yet...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It might interest some to know that JA are part of the sunflower family (although mine have never flowered&#8230;yet) and therefore native to the prairies. Our First Nations&#8217; people ate them as a staple starch. I&#8217;m surprised at the zoning info you found as they are definitely ok here in -40 Manitoba. I just leave some in the ground and they come up every year. I think it would be hard <em>not</em> to leave some in the ground :) I can&#8217;t say I love them&#8230;yet&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Mike (tfb)</title><link>http://tinyfarmblog.com/soaring-chokes/#comment-32456</link> <dc:creator>Mike (tfb)</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:02:50 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1669#comment-32456</guid> <description>&lt;strong&gt;Vickie:&lt;/strong&gt; Yeah, these are Jerusalem artichokes, totally different from artichokes. JA are rated Zone 5 Canada/Zone 4 US, which is hardy to around -30°F (-35°C), but I imagine it&#039;d grow in areas colder than that. It flowers in fall, but you propagate with pieces of the tuber, not seed, so that&#039;s not a problem. They&#039;re really...care-free! If you click the link in the post, you can see photos of what the edible root looks like.&lt;strong&gt;Chris: &lt;/strong&gt;I think on one Saturday I sold about 10 lbs in 1 lb units, at $6 per, which is pretty expensive for eating as a potato substitute or whatever, but cheap as seed stock. That&#039;s also relatively really good, since I can sell 30-40 units of popular stuff on a normal good day at our market. People were buying them mostly to both try and plant. If people are buying them every week to eat, I think they might have to be priced lower (unless you&#039;re in a busy, upscale city market), but you could probably sell lots of seed stock if you could reach a wider market, like maybe with an ad somewhere. It&#039;s a great investment for the home garden, buy once, and dig up and replant each year, increasing or decreasing your harvest by how much you plant, according to your needs! I didn&#039;t run into the gas problem, but we were eating in smaller quantities in spring/early summer: raw in salads, and cooked with a bunch of other veggies. This fall, I&#039;ll have a chance to find out for myself, &#039;cause we&#039;ll have a lot!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Vickie:</strong> Yeah, these are Jerusalem artichokes, totally different from artichokes. JA are rated Zone 5 Canada/Zone 4 US, which is hardy to around -30°F (-35°C), but I imagine it&#8217;d grow in areas colder than that. It flowers in fall, but you propagate with pieces of the tuber, not seed, so that&#8217;s not a problem. They&#8217;re really&#8230;care-free! If you click the link in the post, you can see photos of what the edible root looks like.</p><p><strong>Chris: </strong>I think on one Saturday I sold about 10 lbs in 1 lb units, at $6 per, which is pretty expensive for eating as a potato substitute or whatever, but cheap as seed stock. That&#8217;s also relatively really good, since I can sell 30-40 units of popular stuff on a normal good day at our market. People were buying them mostly to both try and plant. If people are buying them every week to eat, I think they might have to be priced lower (unless you&#8217;re in a busy, upscale city market), but you could probably sell lots of seed stock if you could reach a wider market, like maybe with an ad somewhere. It&#8217;s a great investment for the home garden, buy once, and dig up and replant each year, increasing or decreasing your harvest by how much you plant, according to your needs! I didn&#8217;t run into the gas problem, but we were eating in smaller quantities in spring/early summer: raw in salads, and cooked with a bunch of other veggies. This fall, I&#8217;ll have a chance to find out for myself, &#8217;cause we&#8217;ll have a lot!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Chris DeVries</title><link>http://tinyfarmblog.com/soaring-chokes/#comment-32406</link> <dc:creator>Chris DeVries</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:45:33 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1669#comment-32406</guid> <description>Vickie:  Note those aren&#039;t artichokes.  Jerusalem artichokes are very different from artichokes.Mike:  How well did the J-chokes sell at the market in the spring?  If I can sell them like potatoes I&#039;ll be laughing, but I&#039;m guessing not a lot of people know them well.  The great thing about them is that they don&#039;t take any effort to grow.  I really like the taste of them, but I haven&#039;t figure out a way around the gas problem yet.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vickie:  Note those aren&#8217;t artichokes.  Jerusalem artichokes are very different from artichokes.</p><p>Mike:  How well did the J-chokes sell at the market in the spring?  If I can sell them like potatoes I&#8217;ll be laughing, but I&#8217;m guessing not a lot of people know them well.  The great thing about them is that they don&#8217;t take any effort to grow.  I really like the taste of them, but I haven&#8217;t figure out a way around the gas problem yet.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Vickie</title><link>http://tinyfarmblog.com/soaring-chokes/#comment-32319</link> <dc:creator>Vickie</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:39:41 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1669#comment-32319</guid> <description>I&#039;ve always wanted to grow artichokes.  Where do you get them, what zones do they grow in, and is there any special care for them?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve always wanted to grow artichokes.  Where do you get them, what zones do they grow in, and is there any special care for them?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Mike (tfb)</title><link>http://tinyfarmblog.com/soaring-chokes/#comment-32231</link> <dc:creator>Mike (tfb)</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:34:33 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1669#comment-32231</guid> <description>&lt;strong&gt;Nat West:&lt;/strong&gt; Nope, no support. They&#039;re planted in a double row, about 24&quot; (60cm) apart, with 12&quot; in-row spacing. The soil is quite heavy clay-loam.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Nat West:</strong> Nope, no support. They&#8217;re planted in a double row, about 24&#8243; (60cm) apart, with 12&#8243; in-row spacing. The soil is quite heavy clay-loam.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Nat West</title><link>http://tinyfarmblog.com/soaring-chokes/#comment-32113</link> <dc:creator>Nat West</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:07:09 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1669#comment-32113</guid> <description>Do you support your chokes at all? Our sunchokes just seem to fall over all the time. What&#039;s your soil like?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you support your chokes at all? Our sunchokes just seem to fall over all the time. What&#8217;s your soil like?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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