Another batch of goodies for helping other people out. A lab-mate does research on artichoke thistle and I headed out today to help her measure her plants. On the edge of her plots, she has planted border rows, which are normally to ensure that there are no "edge effects" on the growth of the study plants. Since her artichoke thistles are related, and may be partially descended from feral crop, she has planted border rows of horticultural varieties all of the same species. These include globe artichoke, and cardoon. Lucky for us, some of the flowers are early!
She said that it's rare to have artichoke and asparagus at the same time.
We're just about to steam them. Mmmm.
The avocados and star fruit were just a random bonus from other projects. Often folks need to plant a large amount to take only a few samples, and have way too many to use, but too few to sell.
Cheers to that!
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