jerusalem artichokes with a side of potatoes

the jerusalem artichokes have reached and surpassed my one foot by the end of may prediction...imagine my relief...all nine plants are in the second photo and they are doing just fine...how else? they are home...the potato bed next door is doing well..and so is the mashua and the asparagus in there...the other beds in the garden aren't slouching along...the plants in there aren't slackers...just young...soon enough they will be filling in and when the cucumber, bean, and squash vines kick in verdancy will be the order of the day all around...there is much more to come.