Our Fall harvest has started on the Vegetables and Berries.  (Hint - get your orders in soon if you want the catch the November deliveries).

I went to the processing yard and ran across this trailer load of Jerusalem Artichoke roots/tubers (Helianthus tuberosus) :

Trailer full of Jerusalem Artichoke Roots

I thought you might like to see what you plant in your garden.  We plant one of these tubers:

We plant the "Quarter Sized" Jerusalem Artichoke Tubers shown above

We sell a lot more of the "Silver Dollar Sized" Jerusalem Artichokes to Nurseries - shown above

By summer we have rows of plants with flowers that resemble "baby sunflowers":

Jerusalem Artichoke Summner Bloom

In the fall, we cut off the tops and harvest the tubers:

Digger just passed under these plants

Oversized Clump of Jerusalem Artichoke Tubers

More photos here: http://www.creatorspalette.com/Vegetables/Artichokes/Jerusalem-Artichokes/

Here is a detailed 3 page PDF file all about Jerusalem Artichokes and how to plant them:  Jerusalem-Artichokes.PDF

Ron Ludekens 10-24-2011