Red Rover Artichoke has red tubers for eating. Also called a Sunchoke, it is related to annual Sunflowers. Red Rover is attractive for the flowering, too.
Category Archives: Garden
Mexican Bamboo
Crimson Beauty is a cultivar of Mexican Bamboo. The root system of this cultivar is not aggressive like the main species.
Hyacinth Bean
Hyacinth Bean(Lablab purpureus) is considered poisonous, yet can be edible, too. It is used more for ornamental purposes.
Potato Onions
The potato onion is a perennial onion that can multiple underground like a potato. The onions can grow to a good size, too.
Pinocchio
The Indigo Rose Tomato is a unique tomato. They suppose to be very nutritious, but sometimes they appear to be telling a lie.
Eggplant Feast
The different varieties of Eggplant grown this year have produced a lot. I will dry a lot of these and add them to food.
Giant Fleeceflower
Giant Fleeceflower has long-lasting white flowers. It has been slowly spreading and should be ready to divide soon.
Freeze? No Please
The early, warm spring was going to cause a problem sooner or later. It finally caught up to us and a lot of plants have foliage burned off by the freeze. This photo shows the sensitive Kiwi vines.
Spring Parsnips
Spring is the time to dig up parsnips that were planted the previous year. The harvest was large this spring.
September Garden Harvest
A lot of different things were harvested in the garden this September. It was a great melon year and also had a good amount of potatoes. Large Sunflower heads were collected for their edible kernels and enough Butternut Squash will be ate this winter.