....but i didn't let that stand in my way did i? planted jerusalem artichokes to see if a perennial tuber other than potatoes could be a staple...and as far as i can see they certainly have the ability to fill those shoes...but they are virtually impossible to control...a trade-off for sure...last fall i consciously planted six tubers in the campus garden ( which are all finally up)...so far this season i have removed an additional nineteen plants and my campus population is still a dozen...so twenty-five rouges have appeared...on top of that i dug up another thirty tubers that i missed in last fall's harvest...they hadn't broken the surface yet, but were on their way...there's more i am sure...no idea what ot do with them...they'd just colonize the compost pile and i've given away as many as i believe i can...i have seventeen in my back yard and will spend the rest of my days trying to keep them at bay...it's a good thing they're tasty...it's been really wet this spring and the gamagrass is a bit yellow...it is dry and sunny today and tomorrow is supposed to be even warmer...the green will return...fourteen asparagus spears up from eight plants...another year of growth before we start to harvest...who wants to claim a share early? finally theres a photo of the garden at about ten this morning...eighteen turnips and twenty three spinach plants keeping the wheat and sunchokes company...there is grass up where i planted Zea diploperennis seeds, but it's too early for me to make a call...it just looks like grass...the whaet is grass too and the look alot alike...i'll wait for tillering and actual branches before i call it...we've shifted up a gear...the season is moving on and i am geeked to see the growth.
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