backyard lunch

despite regular attention with the garden hose the jerusalem artichoke bed that was lush at the beginning of august has withered by the end of september...so i decided to dig some tubers ( and i have to say the harvest hasn't been that encouraging either...bumper crops in 2010 and 2011 and duds in 2012 and [so far] in 2013...there will be enough to give some away and replant some beds but i am not happy with the turn of behavior this native plant has taken recently )...i got some sunchokes and some yukon gold potatoes out of the yard...washed them...peeled the jerusalem artichokes...and fried them in oil and added a bit of garlic sea salt...lunch was a victory for the backyard since everything i ate hailed from my own soil and it tasted good too.