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HOME & LIVING 2B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD PLASTIC per bags biodegrade quickly but they take more energy Continued from Page 2B to produce and transport. A The thicker plastic bags cotton bag needs to be reused are stronger, which means 100 times before it uses less fewer bags will be required energy than a plastic bag, and they can be reused more but again, it fully biode- times. grades. No bag is free of environ- The use of fossil fuels, mental impact. Consider the a fi nite resource, to make whole life cycle of a bag, from single-use plastic bags is how much energy it takes to crazy. Drilling for, or import- produce it to what happens ing, millions of barrels of oil when you throw it away. just for a convenient way to For example, recycled pa- carry home groceries just SUNFLOWERS Continued from Page 1B It is usually sold as “Mammoth Russian.” People eat the roasted seeds; birds like them raw, and visit fl ower heads in fall and winter. For children, annual sunfl owers are big, easy to grow, and bring a sense of great accom- plishment. Sow seeds in spring where plants are to grow. Large-fl owered kinds need rich soil and lots of water. H. multifl orus. Perennial. To 5 feet with thin, toothed, 3- to 8-inch-long leaves and nu- merous 3-inch-wide fl ower heads with yellow centers. “Loddon Gold” is a double-fl owered variety. Excellent for cutting. H.salicifolius (H. orgyalis). Perennial. Clumps of tall (3- to 6-inch) stems clothed with long, narrow, drooping leaves carry sheaves of long-stemmed yellow, 2-inch fl ower heads with brown centers. Endures heat and some drought when established. H. tuberosus. Jerusalem artichoke. Peren- nial. Also grown as a commercial crop; tubers are edible and sold in markets as “sunchokes.” Plants 6- to 7-feet tall with bright yellow fl ower heads. Oval leaves 8 inches long. doesn’t make sense, particu- larly when reusable bags are readily available. For the past 10 years, I have been using the same Envirosax brand bags. They can be tossed into the washer with the laundry. I can use them anywhere I shop. Whatever type of bag or basket you decide to use, keep it clean. You don’t want to gross out grocery baggers or contaminate your food. Carrying, and caring Spreads readily and can become a pest. Best to harvest tubers every year and save out two or three for replanting. If controlled, makes a good, quick temporary screen or hedge. Jerusalem Artichoke Soup 2 tablespoons butter 1 cup chopped onion 2 celery stalks, chopped 2 large garlic cloves, chopped 2 pounds Jerusalem artichokes, peeled and chunked 1 quart chicken stock salt and pepper to taste. Saute onions and celery in the butter. Add garlic. Saute very quickly. Add broth and chokes. Simmer 45 minutes until chokes are soft. Blend with an emersion blender. Note: Vegetarian broth may be used instead of chicken broth to make this a vegetarian dish. Sunchokes can be boiled, roasted or eaten raw. Due to the chemicals contained, eating them raw causes fl atulence. This condition is much less by cooking. If you have garden questions or comments, please write: greengardencolumn@yahoo.com Thanks for reading! DORY arms and cramped fi ngers for the planned breakfast, washed, Continued from Page 1B and added to the bowl of cereal. The sharp taste touches the How easily and quickly the brain and you know you can’t broom and dustpan could have sweep them up and toss them swept the little berries together away. and disposed of in the garbage. Bending over is the hard Funny how old training part and squatting down im- kicks in to save and preserve possible, but this old body bent for future pleasure. over and laboriously chased Exasperation at one’s self the berries around the kitchen but now exercise for the old fl oor, counting them one by one body in bending from waist to as I did so in picking them up. touch the fl oor with out- Thirty tiny berries in all, stretched arm. Exercise for the plucked up singly by dangling fi ngers in retrieving the little frozen gems. Duty of water washing and draining, then adding to the awaiting bowl. I sat down with 30 little pieces of fruit fl oating in milk and cereal, all awaiting my pleasure. Was it worth it? Yes, I would say so, in so many ways. It behooved me to be more careful next time (Ha!); my son’s hard-earned berries had not gone asunder; the pleasure of eating them was doubly mine; and I appre- ciated them all over again. 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