Beets, carrots, sunchokes: 8 am, second Saturday of the indoor winter market, freezing rain and flurries outside, it's cool to be under cover.. … [Read more...] about Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow
Jerusalem artichoke
Last of the chokes
Digging up the very last of the Jerusalem artichoke, this is pretty much the final harvest of the year, besides a little kale and maybe a last few tiny cauliflower and cabbage. The few remaining feet of the original 50' (15m) double row yielded about half a bushel. Not bad. … [Read more...] about Last of the chokes
Harvesting Jerusalem artichoke
For tomorrow's farmers' market, Lynn, Andie and Jordan harvested more of this year's Jerusalem artichoke. The tubers have gotten noticeably bigger since pulling some just a couple of weeks ago... Chokes are a really simple, satisfying harvest, at least, when you pull up the … [Read more...] about Harvesting Jerusalem artichoke
The other sunflowers…
There are pretty ornamental cutting sunflowers, and then there are these monsters of the field, towering Early Russians, and their almost as imposing kin, the rugged Jerusalem artichoke (last photo). They're the genus Helianthus, North American natives, supposedly dating back … [Read more...] about The other sunflowers…
Frozen chokes harvest
Despite the six inches (15cm) of snow on the big garden, fieldwork goes on. Today, I harvested about 30lbs (13.5kg) of Jerusalem artichoke out of the partially frozen ground, just to be sure planting stock is around over winter in case I need it. Since we don't have a root cellar … [Read more...] about Frozen chokes harvest