Jerusalem artichoke look like they ’d be a consummate prepper endurance food craw . The theme grow in wretched soil , can take extreme winters , are borderline invasive and are abundantly generative with no guardianship .
When I first planted Jerusalem artichoke back in my Tennessee garden , I think they would be the everlasting temperate survival craw equivalent to cassava starch , mybeloved tropic survival food harvest .
I constitute them with the helper of my daughter Daisy , who was two at the prison term . I dig holes in the concentrated clay and she tossed a tuber in each hole . Then we covered them over for the wintertime .
The next year we had an abundance of tall , beautiful Jerusalem artichoke plants . In dusk , they abound into glorious bloom .
I cut flower for the board , and we look the rime so we could dig our first Tuber .
At some point in November or December , the cold come up in and down the top of the plants . It was metre to harvest !
With excitement , I start digging , pulling up a bucket of tubers from each gigantic Jerusalem artichoke plant .
I was right ! They were a great temperate alternative to manioca ! An easy , no - care , generative ascendent that could keep us alive through societal collapse .
We scrubbed the clay - wrap up tuber clean and I slice up one up to try raw . The smell was pleasant , nutty and little sweet . I decided to slice and sauté some in butter and garlic for dinner , which I did , and they smack excellent !
But then something fall out . My digestion revolted against this “ perfect temperate endurance craw , ” and I experienced the worst intestinal air pressure I have ever felt .
It turns out that Jerusalem globe artichoke cause terrible gas . Cassava never caused me such discomfort ! My temperate endurance harvest was a tear . It felt like my belly was going to tear !
Shucks . Foiled !
With that in mind , I still plant and develop Jerusalem artichokes . Many people will say you that their effect on your digestion can be mitigated by ferment or other special preparation , or by slowly adjusting your gut biome to their uptake .
In a recent telecasting , I harvest Jerusalem artichoke and speak about what I love and hate about this vegetable :
From the few plant life we grew , we wield a minor harvest of roots .
It ’s just enough for come , and not enough to test any anti - gas theories .
I had three sons assist me with this video and the photography in this station . CJ manned one camera and ER man another , while Roger lease photos of the cognitive operation on his own camera .
My main television camera is now the Canon R6 , which is a dramatic camera for video , care very scurvy Christ Within and giving you a static ikon .
I set that one up for the ground shots , while CJ followed me with the 80D on a Glidecam for the walk barb .
That has nothing to do with Jerusalem artichokes , though . Except that it takes longer to glean and plant when you are also do a video .
This is the fourth dimension of year to plant Jerusalem artichoke tubers . They do not store well at all on the counter or out in the open air and should be like a shot replant or stored in a moderately moist medium through winter .
We commonly plant them back in the ground directly .
Bury them about 4 - 6″ deep and let them slumber through wintertime . In the spring they will raise . Once sprouts start emerging from the terra firma , the tubers deteriorate rapidly as they are used to fuel the new outgrowth . The metre to dig and run through Jerusalem artichokes is during the cold month , between the time the tops of the plant freeze down and the young shoots emerge in the spring . That ’s it ! Though the top of the plants can be used as a good creature feed during the warm calendar month .
We tucked our Jerusalem artichokes here and there in the Grocery Row Gardens . Here you’re able to see me dig up a frosted Jerusalem artichoke flora amidst a profusion of blackberry bush canes .
Just dig a small back from the primary trunk of the plant so you do n’t piece the Tuber . The tooth root adhere tightly to the bottom of the plant and the varieties I ’ve grow do not spread out much from the understructure .
Next twelvemonth I go for we harvest more , so I ’ll have more to plant . I like to grow the root and replant them , since it ’s easier on the digestion than actually eating them .
Next year we ’ll have to try ferment the etymon . That sounds like a sound alternative . Rachel already make very dear ferments from cabbages , beet and radish .
It ’s not hard , and if it take a crap this vegetable digestible , I may have a lilliputian less hate and a bit more love for the darn things .
go for you all had a Merry Christmas . Today we ’re going to plant some more peppiness , and as always , I ’ll film a little video and take you along .
