Tag: cardoon
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Cardoons: An Edible Ornamental
Joe, the Cardoon, and I Nearly 10 years ago I grew two lovely cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) plants here at the house. An easy plant to grow from seed, I jokingly referred to it them as ‘Cardoonicus Maximus’ due to their imposing stature. Though clearly not at all the proper technical name for the plant, it stuck. If…
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A Dozen Garden Moments from the Summer of 2014
1) Two of my favorite pieces of concrete garden decor were stolen off of my front porch. Boo! 2) I watched Mona the Cat flourish after the fence went into the back garden. 3) Yes, you heard me correctly, a fence went into the back garden. 4) I learned on the 4th of July that…
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