Remember when we swapped a couple of bags of fym and some seed potatotes for some Jerusalem Artichoke tubers back in March?
We went to an house on a private estate and we noticed raised beds full of vegetables where the lawns use to be.
The lady said she only wanted to grow what she could eat and I agreed that a lot of lawns are a lot of work and cost money in fuel.
She gave us two bags of Jerusalem artichokes tubers.
I wanted them for a windbreak behind my gale damaged polytunnel. So I planted them. They are related to the Sunflower family.
I took this photo yesterday. We and the pigs will eat the tubers in Autumn:
Do you grow "Farty Chokes"?
Nope. None here, but yours look very healthy.
ReplyDeleteThey are planted in well rotted fym JayCee. Muck and magic. They can be quite invasive and some people plant them in large plant pots. I am using them for a natural wind break until some Phormiums I planted grow and protect the gable of the polytunnel. It's very hot here today and very very humid.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely looking healthy. There is humour somewhere in you planting J artichokes as a protection against wind....
ReplyDelete😊 That's very witty and clever Tigger's Mum. I never thought of it like that. I think we will have harvested them by the time the winter gales arrive along the Atlantic to here. Anything is worth a try to protect my poor polytunnel.
ReplyDeleteI really like Jerusalem artichokes and they grow so well but there's a lot of farting after eating.
ReplyDeleteWell put Sabine. They are often called "farty chokes". It's a vegetable I rarely see for sale in the supermarkets. I think Sainsburys in England is where I have seen it the most.
ReplyDeleteI like Jerusalem artichokes better than globe artichokes. They have a nutty, slighty smoky taste to them and they do not make me fart. However, when prominent Tories come on the TV, I fart like a tugboat on The River Humber. Toot! Toot!
ReplyDeleteYes YP some of them become members of the House or Lords or boring old farts. I like Jerusalem artichokes although they do not come from Jerusalem. They are members of the sunflower family.
ReplyDeleteMy father tried growing Jerusalem artichokes for a couple of years, however none of us really liked the taste or after effects, and we had huge problems clearing the garden of them. Just the smallest tuber or fragment would grow, and the single row became a seriously invasive stand, and needed heavy duty clearance to get that part of the garden back. Should suit your pigs though rooting them out of the ground.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that Will. I believe they can be invasive. I am using them for a wind break. To protect my polytunnel.
DeleteI've never even eaten one!
ReplyDeleteThey are good roasted Jules.
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Hi Milon. Thank you for your comment.
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