Violet de Provence Artichoke!
We love artichokes but usually eat them canned (as in canned artichoke hearts). In salads, stuffed, with pasta, etc…they are delicious. In the garden, they are beautiful big plants that are sometimes perennial (more about wintering artichokes). They are very spiky! I have a vague idea about how to remove the “choke” and know I want to try some fresh ones dipped in some lemon juice with butter, other than that, harvesting and preparing the fresh artichokes will be a new experience! One in which I will need to don some sturdy gloves!
Ben Franklin
We’ve named the turkey Ben Franklin since Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be our national bird. It might be a female in which case it can be Benjamina Franklin.
Ben (or Benjamina) Franklin on our wood pile
1 of 22 tomato plants
Since we started our tomato plants from seeds (at the beginning of April) our tomato plants are still pretty small, but they’re growing! Click here for pictures of the varieties we are growing (last picture of the post).
Russian Red kale seed pods forming
Colorful Lettuce Patch (Spinach, Chard, Kohlrabi and “Rocky Top” lettuce mix)
The Spy found a little egg on the ground
Tall Telephone peas
Spy Garden May 30, 2013
Thanks for following me and thanks for sharing your lovely garden, it obviously gives the whole family a lot of pleasure. Wonderful to see!
Thanks! Your olive grove is beautiful: I loved seeing all the different wildflowers!
Looks like an awesome garden. I just started growing a lemon seed and I love it. I cracked up when I read you named the turkey Ben Franklin. Thanks for sharing and best of luck with everything :)
Thanks! The lemon seed sounds fun!