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Originally Posted by Helen Smith
Hehe, thanks, Tom and Dave. Of course, as soon as I posted those pictures the sun went in and I had to close the kitchen door and put the heating on. Still, it's very pleasant - definitely no frost.
Hey, Beppe. How did you get on with that? It's quite common to grow globe artichokes (the thistles, rather than Jerusalem artichokes) in France - and I see you're in Italy - but it's not so common here, and they're really expensive in the shops.
Mind you, I agree with previous posters - I find it a bit too much trouble to grow vegetables, especially with the snails and slugs. Everyone in London went mad for growing vegetables last year - not just here, I gather than Michelle Obama has an 'allotment' at the White House - and we duly followed suit. The only plant that really thrived was the purple-sprouting broccoli.
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they are extremely popular here. having the baby artichokes cut in half and sauteed is incredible! I'm going to try planting them for the first time this year
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Originally Posted by kennyc
For that situation we have "Community Gardens" that you can use to grow you veggies.  |
these are getting extremely popular. but actually we started one at our church in Boulder over 30 years ago!
