[trapper]

I havve a multitude  of ground artichokes! tried digging out last year , but they are back with a vengance , great screen , about 8 foot high , but must get rid .!!!!! have dug up till me little heart is content , any quick solution to the problem??. And dont say dig deeper to remove as I have this one in me head already! .  BUT I HAVE A LOVE HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM,.

[noshed]

Glyphosate? Air strike?

[ytyynycefn]

Agent Orange or Napalm should do the trick.  :twisted:

Not terribly organic, though!

And how many have just muttered the line "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" when reading this?  

[John]

I'm just sat in my cave muttering "The horror, the horror"

[trapper]

I dig I dig its off to dig I go !
 yup its the only way to sort out this problem . Hoped there would be a fartichoke fairy that would remove overnight yours (Parp ) excuse me !!!
any soup recipes! go on you know there is!!.

[John]

Have you seen this RECIPE

[trapper]

Well John thats done and dusted ! made the soup and it was very nice ! but oh what wind it makes , you could sail a cutter to the west indies and back. mind it didnt go to waste and i have frozen some for my work mates , some of em work in the office , and I ain't saying nothing until after lunch is served . Isn't gardening fun!!! :twisted:

[John]

My pal Wali, who sent that recipe in, went to the college about 10 minutes walk from here when he started pottery. Now he travels the world from his base in Japan.

I wonder if Japanese customs would intercept artichokes

[Eristic]

I can give you some guidance with the side effects but do not understand why you would want to get rid of them altogether. How many crops do we have where you can just dig a bit until you have enough for dinner all through the winter months, then up they all come again next spring as good as ever.

To compensate for the echo you should have root ginger in your diet. (One of the benefits of living in a multi-racial community).

[muntjac]

hear tell a water filled moat around them works , fill with clean water and put in half a dozen vegeterian eating crocodiles ... oooooops sorry posted in wrong site .was meant for " free the chicken popular front " site  :oops:        

[Salkeela]

I can give you some guidance with the side effects but do not understand why you would want to get rid of them altogether. How many crops do we have where you can just dig a bit until you have enough for dinner all through the winter months, then up they all come again next spring as good as ever.

To compensate for the echo you should have root ginger in your diet. (One of the benefits of living in a multi-racial community).

Ho-hum... I mistook root ginger for artichokes when I was first married and tried to make the new OH some of that lovely soup Dad used to make....

.... remarkably we are still married......

.... hopefully this autumn (20 or so years on) I will finally make him real artichoke soup!  

I'm not sure I could present the ginger as the antidote though - might bring back too many memories  :shock:

[Salkeela]

Oops  ....... I've just seen how old this thread is...... ah well....  :?

[WG.]

Yeah, the ginger soup would have been a bit lively, Sal

[Sadgit]

I made carrot and Jerusalem artichoke soup at the weekend.. and all I have done since is FART!!! not going to be growing them next year as I have a farting problem at the best of times.. since Sat afternoon it has been plain unfunny.. *parp* I even woke up several times last night due to farting...

[DD.]

I know what I'd do, but I don't want to go to the norty step!