Thelma Mc Gowan

I would love to know what conclusions have been made since then.
I grow in rows, with one foot in permiclture and one foot in traditional homestead gardening

I bought mine at a large Asian grocery store.
They were located in the fresh produce section , but
mis labeled "funchokes"

I can't remember if I got them in the spring or fall

The nature of socialism is to eventually "point the finger" at everyone.
As soon as their villain is exterminated or canceled, they move on to the next "bad guy", until they, themselves are the only ones left.

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Maybe burned with too much fertilizer, or too rich compost.

At first glance it looks like a lily. A day lily .....watch for a bloom, that will help with an ID

Observation :
Our hens completely reject store bought egg shells.
Normally, when we toss kitchen scraps to our hens, the first thing they get after are the egg shells. They fight over them. This last month,  we had an egg shortage, so settled for a couple flats of store bought white eggs.
The hens refuse to eat the white shells. Now I have white egg sells littering their grazing area.
I never would have guessed that hens would be so discerning.  It is kinda funny, but also creepy, what do the hens know that I don't.  
Maybe the eggs have a residue on the shells, maybe they have little minerals in them???
It is not the color, as some of our fresh eggs are white.
Has any one had a similar experience?  

I apologize if this has already been covered. I think I found a Magic Bullet to protect my vegetables from those vicious rats. I made hot pepper tea and dissolved Ivory soap in the tea. And sprayed on my vegetables. Those nasty rats has not touched anything since. It has been about 5 days.
I have rats that hang out under our chicken coop. They commute from the coop to the garden every night and Sample various vegetables.
Usually my kale first.  My husband laughs because he does not understand why a rat would want something so nasty. I do not want to share my kale.
I pour boiling water over about a 1/4 cup of crushed peppers in a quart jar. Then mix liquid ivory soap in a spray bottle. This usually is a spray I would use for     repelling insects. But I thought they might no like the taste.
This year they ate an entire row of soybeans and then started on my beets and carrots. Uuugghh

If you are at last resort give it a try.

I make a nettle (spinach dip) with home made mayo. Sorry .no real measures

Steamed nettles chopped and drained
Sautéed carrots, cellery, onion, pepper a bit of garlic.

Mix with mayo, sr cream,  worstershire, lemon juice, salt pepper to taste

Dip it with anything, or eat it in a pita.