By Georgia Osten
All this work and all this time, protecting my artichoke plants. Yep, the same ones I bought through Amazon over 2 years ago. They’ve gone through some pretty dramatic weather here at the beach – drastic heat during the summers and near freezing weather in the winter, winds that blew them over, but they’re hardy plants. I yearned for the taste of my own home grown artichoke. Especially after I saw the ones my son-in-law grew in Monterey, California. His were perfect, they looked just like the ones at HEB.
What’s up with that, didn’t I buy his from Amazon too. My daughter said he bought them at the Farmer’s Market – I wonder? I bought my daughter-in-law’s too, my son claims I gave them infertile plants.
I was thrilled when I saw the first one on my biggest plant, then two more. I began to wonder why the biggest one began opening so much I could see the very middle. I thought, well at least I could eat the heart. Next day, all of a sudden a beautiful purple flower formed right in the middle. What the heck??
[5-16-2016]
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