Asparagus crowns fully mature when they reach ... Transplant male flowers after one year — Allow the male plants to complete their growing cycle and overwinter in the nursery bed.

Asparagus is one of these valued veggies, and, best of all, it's very easy to grow. Like any vegetable, there are some important care instructions and considerations that you should know before ...

Don't harvest asparagus the first year, and limit harvesting the second year to allow the plants to become established. The overwhelming majority of vegetables which gardeners love to grow in ...

Costco? Those are the blue bins. Growing asparagus is an exercise in delayed gratification. "It's almost like planting trees," says John Bacchetti. Linda Butler of Ben Lomond, Calif.'s Lindencroft ...

I find comfort in their consistencies at this early phase of growth. It's the one part of nature's cycle that moves along ... when the shipments of Northwest asparagus hit local markets in mid ...

As I write this it’s Mother’s Day Sunday, and this morning I was delighted to see some fat asparagus stalks ready for harvest in our asparagus patch! Many years ago we built a raised bed ...