Winter harvest at Camp

Today at Fircom, this garden just keeps on producing despite the freezing weather! Beets, Turnips Sweet Carrots Parsley, Kale, and our guest star: the Sunchoke, also called Jerusalem Artichoke.

This strange little vegetable is the tuberous root (like a potato) of a species of sunflower. Ours grew to about twelve feet tall in our rich soil, and their strength helped to break up the hard packed clay below the surface. We planted only five tiny pieces of tuber, and they yielded about 20 lbs! We’ve been boiling them and adding butter, roasting them with other roots, and even trying them raw on salads. They are delicious, with a bit of a nutty flavour.

The Sunchokes are the strange looking ones in the front...looks like ginger, tastes like the best potato you've ever had times 10!

 

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