RE: Cut back artichokes?

The average residential lot here in the U.S. is 60 feet by 100 feet, or
roughly 650 square meters, and that includes the house!  Although some of
the folks in this discussion group have large gardens, many more make do
with much smaller plots.  So don't feel bad about your 400 square meters.
The wonderful thing about our climate, here in California at least, is the
enormous range of plant material that can be grown.  Even the tiniest garden
can be filled with  unusual, interesting, and beautiful plants.

Kurt Mize
Stockton, California
USDA Zone 9

-----Original Message-----
From: georges-kiki [c*@village.uunet.be]
Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 4:32 PM
To: nsterman@mindsovermatter.com; medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Re: Cut back artichokes?


My garden here in Belgium is also in its high season, full flowering. I am
trying my best to grow as many mediterranean plants as the climat will
afford me to. Which is problematic. I grow two three meter high fig trees,
Eucalyptus pauciflora, lots of thymes, santolina neapolitana en
chamaecyparis,lots and lots of lavender hidcote blue, lavender latifolia,
and lavendula stoechas, rows of rosmarinus Jessicas Upright,nigella,rhus
typhina,walnut,robinia pseudacacia tortuosa,buddleia .I let los of annuals
seed themself,and pull them out where I don t want them. 45 rose bushes etc
etc.. Iam afraid to tell on how little space I do all this...About 400
square metres !
I read all your letters every day,but am afraid to converse with such
highly informated people. I wondered many times how big all your gardens
are, compared with my poor 400 metres? But me and my husband enjoy it  ever
so much.Last year we brought an olive tree from Iannina Greece,suppose to be
the hardiest kind?
Lykissas G>
----- Original Message -----
From: Nan Sterman <nsterman@mindsovermatter.com>
To: <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 4:49 AM
Subject: Cut back artichokes?


> Hi everyone!  It's been a long hot day in the garden.  I weeded and raked
> and reconfigured my drip system....  I cut back a huge Salvia apiana and
> now I smell like sage scrub!
>
> I was looking at the artichokes.  They produced magnificently this year, I
> cut at least 75 chokes from three plants!  Now they look pretty sad and
> straggly and I wonder if I should cut them back or let them die back.  And
> if I cut them back, how far shall I cut them?
>
> Thanks and how are your gardens?
>
> Nan
> **********
> '''''''''''''''''''''''
> Nan Sterman
> San Diego County California
> Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
>
>
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