Unless you’re an artichoke farmer. Then this is pretty much normal –
Bee likes it, I think?
Good work urban artichoke farmer. I’ll be harvesting that bad-boy out of your front yard and having it with a steak and some drawn butter in the near future….
Yetso's @ 48 North 
Nature does have a sense of humor. It’s a thistle and we eat, too. At least at the proper time in it’s growth. M