# @ahs_gardening on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ-l2ytk558
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67147843-ahs-gardening-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-24T18:03:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** American Horticultural Society | American Gardener Magazine (@ahs_gardening) — https://gondola.cc/ahs_gardening

## Caption

In 1930s New York, a mobster tried to corner the artichoke market. Mayor La Guardia banned them. Then admitted he missed them and reversed the decision.⁠
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This is the vegetable we're talking about today.⁠
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The globe artichoke has been stirring things up for at least 2,000 years — Pliny the Elder called it "one of earth's monstrosities" while eating it regularly, ancient Greeks credited it with ensuring male heirs, and somehow it survived all of that to become a fixture of Mediterranean cooking and backyard kitchen gardens.⁠
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Grower's Almanac in our May/June issue tells the full story — the history, the horticulture, and how to actually grow one. ⁠
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🌿 #artichoke #kitchengarden #growyourown #horticulture #americangardener⁠
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Not a member? Join us at us at ahsgardening.org/join to become a member and gain full access to American Gardener magazine. ⁠
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Writer: Matt Mattus (matt_mattus) ⁠
📸 creds: Unsplash, mana5280 ⁠
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#americangardener #growersalmanac #artichoke #ancientartichoke #horticulturalhistory #vegetablegarden #ahsgardening #americanhorticulturalsociety #globeartichoke #plinytheelder #theartichokeking #ciroterranova #nyc #ancientgreece

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