We love to eat artichokes and they grow very well in the sandy soil and warm climate in California. Down in the Salinas valley and Monterey Bay you can drive past miles of them and they are some strange looking plants. In fact I wonder about the first folks to look at them and say "Hmm, i wonder if those taste good?" because from looking at them you wouldn't guess the yummy goodness inside.
Anyway last year Melissa and the kids decided to try and grow some in our garden and to our surprise they have done really well! In fact they have more or less taken up the entire back part of our space. The artichoke is a thistle with an edible bud and each plant apparently gives off multiple buds. We will try some tonight and I am anticipating a lovely feast dipped in melted butter and mayonaise with lemons from our Myer lemon tree.
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