Asparagus is pretty much the first vegi that can be harvested in the New England garden. I started our asparagus bed about 5 years ago. My fingers were crossed, and I made more than one prayer that I would be successful. Why is growing asparagus so intimidating? They've been cultivating asparagus since the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The Romans even has an asparagus fleet, that they used to travel far and wide in the search for the delicious spears. Start the bed, watch it grow and produce for two years, but don't pick! Year three, ok, pick a little, but what exactly is a little. I still feel like a rank amateur about the cultivation of this bed. Am I harvesting too much, is this too much mulch? Then on the other hand, since we have been enjoying the asparagus for breakfast, lunch, and dinner - I guess I'm now a member of the elite group of asparagus growers, ancient knowers of the mysteries of cultivation. I hope I can share the picayune directions with another gardener, before I too and ancient holder of these mysteries!
Asparagus is pretty much the first vegi that can be harvested in the New England garden. I started our asparagus bed about 5 years ago. My fingers were crossed, and I made more than one prayer that I would be successful. Why is growing asparagus so intimidating? They've been cultivating asparagus since the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The Romans even has an asparagus fleet, that they used to travel far and wide in the search for the delicious spears. Start the bed, watch it grow and produce for two years, but don't pick! Year three, ok, pick a little, but what exactly is a little. I still feel like a rank amateur about the cultivation of this bed. Am I harvesting too much, is this too much mulch? Then on the other hand, since we have been enjoying the asparagus for breakfast, lunch, and dinner - I guess I'm now a member of the elite group of asparagus growers, ancient knowers of the mysteries of cultivation. I hope I can share the picayune directions with another gardener, before I too and ancient holder of these mysteries!
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