Saturday, August 30, 2008

Artichoke


Artichoke blossom. Member of the thistle family. Part of my apple tree guild. Used as a mulch plant, the artichoke has large leaves that will regenerate. I pull some leaves off the plant and put them around the apple tree. The leaves will eventually be incorporated into the soil by worms and microbes, thus making the leaf nutrients available to the apple tree, and other plants in the guild.

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