Grow These 7 Perennial Crops for Endless Harvests!

Perennial #1 Asparagus Perennial #2 Rhubarb Perennial #3 Fruit Tree (apple, peach, fig) Perennial #4 Tree Collar/Kale Perennial #5 Artichoke Perennial #6 Scarlet Runner Bean Perennial #7 Jerusalem Artichoke

Archaeology story: I was surveying in the forest and found a row of giant rhubarb in a fairly straight row. That told me to slow down and look a bit more carefully. Found the remnants of a pioneer homestead cabin close by. We call that an historical horticultural element. Those rhubarb were around 120 years old with no management.

My experience. Asparagus from seed is the clear winner. For the price of a crown, you can plant hundreds of seeds all spaced out correctly. And all of those seeded plants are going to catch up to your crown the second year anyway. It also gives you a cheap opportunity to have multiple varieties

We have a 100 year old asparagus patch. My great great grandmother planted it when they built our farm house. And it’s still giving too this day.

My grandmother planted a rhubarb-plant in my parents garden when she and my grandfather owned the house. It is still alive and productive 30 years later.

when you fry or cook sunchokes, soak them before or add during cooking, lemon juice. It breaks down the fiber in the choke, giving more nutrition but also reducing the gassy effects.

I love the story of why the Jerusalem Artichoke has its name. It's called an artichoke, because it looks like one. But the fun part is that Italian explorers were the ones who brought it to Europe and they called it what it was; a sunflower, or as the Italians call it "gyro-sol" aka "rotate with the sun", and English speakers believed they were saying "Jerusalem".

Your asparagus ferns are female, which means less yield. How you can tell is they have the berries. The best way to tell the difference before planting in your garden is to plant them from seed and let them flower in your pots first. The females will flower so you separate them from the males and plant the males together for large yields. Excellent videos! I love your easy to follow videos😊

what I thought Eric was dead?! glad to see he's still alive and kicking!

1. Asparagus 2. Rhubarb 3. Miniature fruit trees grown in containers 4. Tree kale 5. Artichoke 6. Scarlet runner bean 7. Jerusalem artichoke or sunchoke