[Diana in Wisconsin]

Plant Sun Chokes (Jerusalem Artichoke) if you want 'potato' uses without the carbs. They look like big Sunflower plants, but you dig up the roots in the Fall and use them instead of potatoes. They store well; even longer than taters!

My Aunt always grew them. She gave me a 5-gallon bucket of them one Fall so I learned all about them. This is the same Aunt that used me as an 'Indentured Servant' on her farm each summer when I was a kid. She also taught me to make 'Green Beans with BACON' and I am forever grateful for THAT! Chokes can spread like wildfire if you don't get all the chokes dug up each season, but if you have the room and enjoy the look of Sunflowers, they are a good veggie substitute for taters. Full sun. Plant in a long row that is all by itself on the south-facing side of the garden.

Grated and made into Pancakes with either grated onion or fresh Chives in the mix? Hello! :)

Liz: Your mission, of you should choose to accept it, is to find some Sun Choke recipes. ;)

[cherry]

I planted several chokes last year....the plants grew but no flowers....I did not dig them up....apparently they will come back....they are in large containers...

garlic coming up, peas planted, strawberries planted, beets, onions...

my little tomato seeds are doing poorly...might have to buy plants this year.

we don't have a long season here but I am trying brussel sprouts again...planted them in little cups and hope to muddle thru til the last frost is past...