A few years back, Lilly a friend of Nodding Onion Gardens graciously gave us several Jerusalem
artichoke tubers. These potato-like tubers, which some folks eat were
planted and left undisturbed for three years. In the fall of 2017 it was
obvious that they had out grown their original home and needed to be
relocated. The apple tree, which was a young seedling at the time of
planting, was now blocking precious sunlight.
After
carefully removing the tubers, half were planted in one of our gardens
and half were potted in anticipation of next season's farmer’s markets. Sounds
sensible right? As it turns out, people aren’t the only ones that find
Jerusalem artichokes palatable; so do mice, chipmunks, rabbits or maybe
even squirrels. Either way garden critters enjoyed a nutritious meal
courtesy of Nodding Onion Gardens, potted up and ready to go. Take out
food in the natural world.