Leek Advice

I grew JA's for a few years without harvesting. I decided to dig them all out, but when I actually tasted them I found I liked them.

Last year I only dug up half the row so it will be interesting to find out what the other half of the row is like in its second year?
The half I dug, still came back from the ones I had missed. Once artichokes are planted, you will always have artichokes.

I had to dig down nearly 4' to rid my plot of them....never liked the taste but the flowers looked great

If you are like me you will eat a lot of the green as well. It annoys me when I see television chefs chuck the green section away!

The green part has a stronger flavour and is more 'leeky' [/quote] yes Vinny I agree with you on that, yet there was a bit onTV this morning just as I was going out, chef James Martin showed a good sized leek grown in his garden and he indicated that you just cut off the top couple of inches or so, then in a magazine there was bit by Monty Don which showed a picture of some leeks just harvested and most of the green leaf had been trimmed off, personally I think the supermarkets are a lot to blame as they like to display neatly packed, trimmed leeks

If you are like me you will eat a lot of the green as well. It annoys me when I see television chefs chuck the green section away!

The green part has a stronger flavour and is more 'leeky'

yes Vinny I agree with you on that, yet there was a bit onTV this morning just as I was going out, chef James Martin showed a good sized leek grown in his garden and he indicated that you just cut off the top couple of inches or so, then in a magazine there was bit by Monty Don which showed a picture of some leeks just harvested and most of the green leaf had been trimmed off, personally I think the supermarkets are a lot to blame as they like to display neatly packed, trimmed leeks
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Totally agree Spec.