Beautiful Laura

Laura on the Cardoon Path at the bottom of the Flicker Food Forest. Cardoons are closely related to artichokes and were considered a delicacy by the ancient Romans. Beyond Laura and the cardoons is a living fence of willows that Roberto planted between the farm and our eastern neighbors. The willows function both as a privacy screen and a sponge to drink up water that drains down the hillside. Their feet aren’t wet for long: Willows grow incredibly fast and can be used as firewood for a carbon-neutral effect. For this reason, the journalist George Monbiot recommends them in his book on global warming, Heat.

What part of the cardoon do you think is edible?

What part of the artichoke is edible?