Gary Woods wrote:
wrote:

Also have Chinese Artichokes established - but have not yet tried them,
no idea what they taste like.

Quite similar to JAs, though smaller and more fiddley to prepare.

The pics I've seen, they look like little white grubs
The plant itself is growing/spreading like crazy right now... I'm
starting to wonder if I chose a suitable spot or not to plant it - in
amongst what are mostly herbs. If it keeps growing at this rate, it's
going to take over.

My JAs are very close to flowering now. In typical unpredictable
fashion, February here was pretty cool and we even had frost. March has
been much warmer... quite a few days close to 30°, so a lot of things
are still powering on. Even my tomatoes, most of which lost all foliage
in the first frost are still alive, with the fruit ripening nicely.
Oh but it *will* get cold here, no doubt about that... typical
mid-winter temp minimum is around -6°.

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