Chatting this morning in Book Club Chat I was bewailing the effect of today's strong winds on my cardoons and said I'd go out, take a pic and post here:
En masse:
Individual:
You can't tell from these pictures but the plant is - or was before the wind struck - 8 foot tall. Cardoons are in fact a vegetable. The leaves are stripped of their outer surface and lightly poached. I have no idea what they taste like but I doubt the flavour is any recompense for losing the flowers.
While I was out I took a few more photos;
Weeds:
Dahlia:
Tomatoes:
And finally one of my favourites, 'Toyshop' sunflowers:
5 comments:
Thanks for the picture of the cardoons ,I do know the flower, but not its name, I love the 'weeds 'those poppys are lovely ,are you going to have a market stall for all your tomatos? great chatting to you ,and thanks for your patience .....
are you going to have a market stall for all your tomatos.............
I have 3 times as many plants, 10 foot tall and absolutely loaded with fruit in my polytunnel. I'm making tomato sauce and freezing chopped tomatoes for winter soups. I have people saving me suitable bottles for sauce across the UK :O)
thanks Jane
Tomatoes outside................wow...............
Your dahlias are great and I love those red and whites, very much like a painting I'm fond of. People are having trouble getting tommy's to go red I hear.
Cardoons are wonderful too........never knew that was what they were called or their usage. You've garden treats everywhere, lovely to see. Rache
Fabulous. Very good photos.
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