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On to today's featured permaculture tidbit!
Sunchokes! Jerusalem artichokes! Earth apples!
If y'all wanna follow some folks that have been posting about sunchokes lately, look no farther than @papa-pepper, @mountainjewel, and @bghandmade.
I need to get some sunchokes soon. They're supposed to be really nutritious and low glycemic, so they'd be a good potato substitute for diabetics.
As the card says, they're perennial, which is totally awesome. Harvest what you need and they'll be back next year with their beautiful flowers and nutrient dense tuber crops! These guys are badasses in a food-producing landscape, and I bet the bees love the big yellow flowers! I'm actually considering planting a patch along our fence so they can double as extra privacy and a noise barrier from the street out front.
Check here for a quick list of medical benefits of Jerusalem artichokes. From prebiotics to mood swings, sunchokes may be able to help improve your quality of life. It's cool to me how easily food can be medicine, and medicine can be food.
Of course, they're probably not for everyone. The plants put up stems up to twelve feet (about 4m) high, which is kinda big. Almost two Nates tall. But for folks that can, many people recommend growing them. I plan on it, do you? I'd kinda like to see them in a perennial three sisters garden. Wonder how that could work...
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The plants get that big only if irrigated and fairly wide spaced. When left on their own they tend to grow thick and therefore weaker plants and smaller tubers. My advice is select a few tubers and plant those each autumn. Or if you prefer a patch, then use a digging fork to dig out most of the tubers, the big ones. So the ones that are left in the ground are more widely spaced!
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Awesome, what great advice!
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i love these cards! so so cool. when/if you order the thornless blackberries, i'll throw some sunroots in there with em! :)
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Oh my goodness, awesome!!! :
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:) and I saw your previous reply as well (sorry didn’t get back to that right away!) and we’ll be home the day after Christmas so you can order whenever and we’ll Throw some in :)
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Sounds like something i need to add to the garden! 🙂 struggling to read the names alexsader dyeel and maya geda maybe?
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Sounds like something i need to add to the garden! 🙂 struggling to read the names alexsader dyeel and maya geda maybe?
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Something like that, but I can't make it out. You and @senstless are both getting a share for noticing :)
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Names on the side, but I can't read that old school cursive - need a sharper pic or better eyes.
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It's super hard to read, even in person. You and @digitaldan are each getting a share for noticing.
I can't make out the names, and I'm not finding a cheat sheet online.
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I want to plant some of these on my land, I think I've found a good place where I can keep them in check, now all I have to do is find a source for the "seed" tubers. It is my understanding these things can spread easily and will take over an area if you don't maintain them.
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