1.   But in Connecticut, Hill treats his artichoke crop like an annual -- and gardeners can do the same.

2.   Italian and French families who settled in California began growing them here, and California produces almost all of the domestic artichoke crop.

3.   Lettuces, broccoli and cauliflower have all been affected, along with an artichoke crop that was practically wiped out in the Castroville flood.

4.   The extent of the damage to the artichoke crop was not immediately known.