Jerusalem artichokes & soup
Jerusalem artchokes make great soup
- The poor man’s artichoke has a great flavour
- Jerusalem artichokes resemble potatoes by having tubers
- The tubers are gnarly and uneven, vaguely resembling ginger root, with a crisp texture when raw
- grow vigorously
- very tall, 4 or 5 feet
- good bird cover, pheasants like to hide in the greenery & eat the tubers
grow them on the edge of the patch or in the far corner of the garden, as they look very untidy - can stay on the same patch for several years, do not need rotating
the larger tubers can be lifted, but a few smaller ones are always left behind to produce the next year - The freshest roots are plumpish and vibrant in appearance. If left too long in the open, they become wrinkled and soft and can develop a bitter taste. So, Grow your own!!
[…] Jerusalem artichokes are quite vigorous, and just keep going year after year if you leave them in the vegetable garden. The normal season for lifting them is November to February, when they have stopped growing. The tubers bruise easily and lose moisture rapidly so they are best left in the ground and harvested as required. Click the underlined link for more information on Jerusalem artichokes. […]
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