Artichokes are good because they come back don't they @shanibeer ? We want to concentrate on vegetable plants that are hardy and perennial... well they'll still need some care.
I think that you certainly seem to have a lot of mushrooms on your lawn... it does feel a bit autumnal today around here...
I was surprised by the artichokes because I thought they needed sunny places with warm weather year round, like southern California, where they're sometimes landscaping, I've read!
Yes, one of the reasons I chose them is because they are big architectural plants, they grow to about three feet across and maybe five feet high. We may not have enough sun here, or a long enough growing season - they do very well in Mediterranean countries. But we'll see 😊
Yes, I hope so 😊 They die back and you have to cover them with straw against the frost. I think we may have planted them to close together. Perennial and hardy sounds like a good idea.