posted 5 years ago
I think you have a great idea. If at all possible I would grow the asparagus from crowns. Even when doing that, it's a few years until good production.
You shouldn't have anything to worry about with E. Coli in the chicken area. There is more risk from this year's bunny shit than there is from your chickens from three years ago. I've never heard of Sunchokes hurting chickens. Some people feed them to chickens. I'll be surprised if you freed up the area they were growing previously. I've never done it without really intentionally covering the area with plastic for quite a long period of time, but that is a different subject :) The chickens may kill them off at some point though. I often see people looking for sunchokes to buy to plant, you may have a revenue stream there.
No idea about growing chives to sell, I just have plants in my forest garden for my use.