Eric Toensmeier, author of Perennial Vegetables, tours his perennial root crop.

[thinguyen03]

artichoke is a very good medecine for kidney and liver.... antioxidant....

Cook one artichoke flower with one litre water and boiling about 45mn

thank drink about 6months... you will see doctor with good result...

[EatTheWeeds]

Sorry, I meant Paul.

[EatTheWeeds]

Eric: The video is right on. I think I can clear up your confusion. Dioscorea oppositifolia (the "Chinese") has small tan round bulbils. The D. bulbifera has large tan bulbils, generally not edible.) Two different species with two different edibilities (more explained on my website.) Complicating the larger issue is there are, I think, varieties of D. bulbifera, some of which have edible bulbils after processing, and some that do not.

[ytoobpg]

"this site", in the previous post, was intended to refer to this url:

bit.ly / hz2wy9

[ytoobpg]

Eric, I could use some clarification on your video wrt another natural edibles expert on the same subject. At his site he refers to The Chinese Yam as something quite different from the Bulbifera (air potato). If I'm correct in assuming that the "bulbils" are the "air potatoes", then his entry suggests that the air potatoes are not considered edible. Not "considered" can mean many things of course. Any clarification on these two points? Thanks

[ytoobpg]

Eric, Will any 2 of those 3 plants create a synergy with each other, or does the magic only happen when all three are together?

[Wepinealed]

Interesting polyculture of the Jerusalem artichoke, groundnut, and chinese artichoke. Was it successful and worth duplicating? It looked that way in the video but its hard to tell.

[ThePrepSchoolNegro]

I went to High School with Eric. He has always been amazing.

[UrbanHomesteadFL]

Great work Eric, the Perennial Vegetable book is a masterpiece.. every gardener should own it.

[711shamn]

anyone know how to grow goji berries in the midwest?

[GardenGirltv]

Good stuff.

[feralkevin]

Great video!

[cmurkar]

awesome.