We've been growing artichokes in our garden this year, and this is the result. Rather magnificent, aren't they?

#Photography #Flowers #Gardening #Purple #Artichokes

Artichoke plants (Cynara scolymus) … I found them in a herb garden …
#flowers #artichokes #nature #photography

Good Morning fr #Pasadena. Back from walking Finn & Frida & #HistoricHighlands while HB took Moses (his service dog) with him as he was going to a restaurant to meet a friend. ⛅ & 21ºc (70ºF), but I would not hold my breath for ☀️ if you're in this area as it's been #MayGray all week, very gloomy, even though morning drizzle hasn't happened in several days. Happy weekend! 1 & 2: Finn; 3: #EdibleLandscaping & #Xeriscaping with #Artichokes (die back in Summer, come back in Winter)

Half an hour of work to harvest. We should have enough #artichokes (frozen), artichoke hearts (canned), dried #tangerine peel & dried tangerine segments to last until next year. Plus plenty to eat now. #LosAngeles

#artichokes my "Kiss of Burgundy" almost ready for picking. #gardening @gardening

Artichokes are a perennial for me in Zone 10a.
This is the third year these plants have come back and they’re bigger and more productive 💚
Such a great looking plant too 😍

#gardening #plants #artichokes #vegetablegarden

My wife @Lunamoon showing our #friend @TheLetterTen how to plate #artichokes.

This is one of the joys of coming back to #California.

We get to introduce a #friend of ours to #artichokes this evening. They have only had them #roasted, today we will #steam them and serve with #garlic brown #butter and a little #capellini #pasta.

Exciting yes? I think so 😜

#Artichokes and #asparagus, two fantastic #spring veggies🌸
Here are two #funfacts about these super delicious plants:

An asparagus recipe was included in one of the world’s oldest cookbooks, “De Re Culinaria.

Catherine de Medici is said to have brought artichokes to France in the 16th century. She loved them and ate them all the time.

Art: Blas de Ledesma - Still Life with Asparagus, Artichokes, Lemons and Cherries (1500/1599)

Top Health Benefits of #Artichokes

#Nuremberg's #SchembartCarnival, ("bearded-mask" carnival). Beginning in 1449, it was popular but ended in 1539 due to the complaints of an influential preacher named #Osiander who objected to his effigy playing backgammon surrounded by fools and devils.

Nobody knows why #Artichokes were popular. Are also suspect that #Osiander was hiding something. ;)

#Carnival
#Renaissance
#HistoricalArt

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/radical-fashion-from-the-schembart-carnival-1590

This is a really fun journal entry about the carnival in Russia in the 1500s. Amazing costumes, really good collection of illustrations.

It’s in Russian, but Google translate works great for me.

Does anyone know what is the deal with #artichokes and paintings from the 15th and 16th century?

#Carnival
#Russia
#Renaissance
#Histodons

https://gorbutovich.livejournal.com/123750.html

It’s Sunday night, so we are naturally doing what all gentlemen of distinction do on such evenings: eating flame seared artichokes and watching Cold Comfort Farm.
To do anything else would be wholly indecorous #film #sunday #coldcomfortfarm #artichokes

#Artichokes with just a tiny bit of #garlic butter

Hardly a #drink was invented without the use of one or another bittersweet #Italian ingredient, such as #Amaro Nonino, #Aperol, #Averna, #Campari, #Cynar, or #Fernet-Branca.

Cynar has been the most popular…it is made with #artichokes. This achieves a central goal of the #cocktailian bar:

The very idea of fancy #artichoke juice sends the light-#beer crowd running for the exits.

-#WSJ review of: “Modern Classic Cocktails: 60+ Stories and Recipes From the New Golden Age of Drinks”

I think last night's #artichokes have had a profound and lasting impact on my life.

#instant #pot #vegan #foodporn recipe from https://www.noracooks.com/instant-pot-spaghetti/

doubled, replaced spaghetti with other pasta extra water + #beans + #artichokes. was yesterday but eh.

I stood on tippy toes to photograph the inside of the artichoke flower. 🦖 You can see it’s just getting ready to open! It’ll be the most glorious purple when it does. I’ll be sure to update!

#Artichokes #ArtichokesOfMastodon #Gardening #Garden #Photography #PlantPhotography #Adelaide #Australia #FlowersOfMastodon #Flower #Flowers

My pride and joy in the garden. ⭐️ I planted artichokes the first summer we moved in and every year since they have regrown in the same spot with no input from me.

I think they look so fantastically Jurassic! 🦕 And when they eventually open up the flower’s colour (purple) is just spectacular. Even in my darkest summers in this house they have been there.

#gardening #mentalhealth #anxiety #cptsd #garden #flowers #artichokes

Artichoke after rain. This little beauty was grown from seed this year and planted in the 'wrong place'. I'm going to leave it where it is until it's blocking the path.
#artichoke #artichokes #vegetable #homegrownveg #permaculture #foodsecurity #veggiegarden #gardening