Well, thought I'd share a few pics of the artichokes so far. They seem to be healthy even after a week long streach of 100+ weather. They sure grow slowly. I'm not to confident that they will produce buds before the first frost.
This is a close up of one of the ave. sized ones.
This one got eaten off by a rabbit, but it has come back. It "stooled", went from one main stem to having about 3. It's smaller then the rest.
Here's the whole row.
