So I decided to give Sun Chokes or Jerusalem Artichokes a try this year. Even if I don’t like them they will make good feed for my chickens. I have a 4′ x 8′ bed I made last year that I filled with compost from our township composting center. Even though we are still getting cold nights (it even snowed a little today) there were plenty of weeds growing in the bed, including stinging nettles. So I pulled them all out, raked the bed and planted the tubers I got from Amazon in the north half of the bed. Since I have such a problem with weeds growing up I over seeded the whole bed with Dutch White Clover. When I get vegetables to plant I will just cut a plug out of the clover and plant them in the opening.
The comfrey I have planted is doing very well. I’ve already started cutting it to feed to the chickens and the chicks. This was planted two years ago and the plants keep getting bushier so I they are in a space that is good for them. There was a crew clearing trees for a road project last fall and I got them to dump a full truck of wood ships up at the front of my property, I just need to start moving them back to mulch around what is going to be my kitchen garden, if I get time to put it in this year.
