I noticed our first small artichoke today. We’re hoping it’s one of many. It’s pretty exciting to be growing one of my favorite vegetables, that’s gotten too expensive to buy on a regular basis. It reminds me how much I’m saving, when I’m harvesting asparagus spears everyday! We’ve also got great green peas. I planted…
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Cardoon Flower Stalks
Cardoon is not just a gorgeous plant for your landscape, it’s delectably edible! If you love artichokes, you’ll love cardoon flower stalks. I’ve been patiently waiting for our cardoon to start flowering, and now it’s putting out very thick stalks with thistle like heads on them (but not blooming). The flower stalks are…
Gardening April 2013
I harvested our first Paris Market Carrots this week, and they’re delicious. I’m so pleased with how everything is doing. The collards, Swiss chard, beets, Chinese cabbage, Siberian kale, and Red kale are all doing great. Lettuce is still doing well, and asparagus is hard to keep up with. I am keeping all the greens…
Artichoke Thistle
The nice thing about artichokes, cardoon (artichoke thistle), and arugula is they have few pests that bother them (few people too, but that’s another story). Even though I’ve been battling deer, grasshoppers, and armadillos, Kathy reminded me that rabbits have caused havoc in her garden. It might be surprising that there are none here, except…
Cardoon and Other Anomalies
Cardoon is a close relative of the artichoke and is huge and gorgeous. They are both types of thistles. The Dallas Arboretum had a lot of cardoon plants in large containers. The young stems are edible and quite sought after in Italian cuisine. I like the way the plant looks so much that I couldn’t…