Significant Doin’s
November Birthday Boys and Girls
Jo-Ann and Michael Rapport Celebrate 31 Happy Years
Photos by Harry Bloomfeld
The Life and Times of a Jerusalem Artichoke, by Pete Roggemann
I had a lot of people ask me about the tall plants that were on the western edge of my Terrace Planter this summer and fall. They were Jerusalem Artichokes, an unusual plant which actually produces a tuber. During the hottest, sunniest days of late summer, the air on the shade side of the plants was at least 5 degrees cooler than on the sunny side. The vegetable plants which grew on the shady side produced more output than the ones which did not enjoy shade. Agricultural breakthrough? Maybe. So, here’s what the artichoke tuber looks like. There will be no report on what it tastes like. These can be found today in the new compost area.
The summertime Jerusalem Artichoke
And then in the fall . . .
What’s left of the giant
Contributing to the compost . . .
Photos by Pete Roggemann
Puzzling success in Aleda
Pete Roggemann’s Jerusalem Artichoke may be history, but the Aleda puzzlers’ results look delicious
Photo by Ursula Hahn
The Horses of Rockwood Park
Photo by Mimi Abramovitz
Gone South
Photo by Edward Kasinec