While there are few vegetables that are perennials, asparagus is an exception. You can plant it once and enjoy it in your ...

Asparagus is an excellent source of folacin, a B vitamin that helps keep the circulatory system strong, and it’s a good source of potassium and vitamin C. Gardeners have been growing asparagus ...

Fast-growing asparagus once flourished on California farms. Why is it disappearing? California farmers once grew 36,000 acres of asparagus. Now, fewer than 3,000 acres are devoted to it in the state.

Asparagus isn’t the most common vegetable among home gardeners, and that’s likely because growing it is an exercise in patience. But three years of patience is a small price to pay for up to ...

Asparagus, a crop that’s been grown in the Mid-Columbia for more than 100 years, peaked at 30,000 acres in 1990. Today, only about 5,000 acres are left in the state, but that number is growing ...