Cardoon

[tule peak timber]

Cardoon from the winter garden for dinner tonight.

 

 

[mike_belben]

Had to google that one!

[sawguy21]

 :D New for me too. How do you prepare it?

[thecfarm]

That sure is green.

[DPatton]

Had to google that one!

😄😄 ditto that. 

[DPatton]

I didn't know what cardoon is but I do recognize that you have a beautiful garden. Seems your garden is nearly as amazing as those walnut cookie tables you make! 

[tule peak timber]

:D New for me too. How do you prepare it?

We strip the small spines from the edges and boil for 10 minutes. Chill and eat like celery sticks with the flavor of artichoke. Good source of a dark green vegetable... I garden for relaxation. Cheers

[Southside]

The leaves reminded me of thistle - which has a surprisingly amount of nutrition in it.  

[nativewolf]

Get any rain from the showers that rolled through the last week or so?

[samandothers]

The leaves reminded me of thistle

I thought the same thing.  Looks like a celery with thistle leaves!  But mmmm love artichokes.

If I had seen it in my open areas I'd sprayed it as weed.  :

[tule peak timber]

Get any rain from the showers that rolled through the last week or so?

This last weekend we caught about an inch of rain the only real rain for 2018. It has been a long HOT dry year.