You can’t just pop asparagus crowns, or seedlings, in the ground. Because it is a perennial vegetable, it requires a little planning and a few hours of work. A few weeks ago I naively bought a few six ...

Perennial vegetables are an elite group and are prized for their ability to produce a harvest year after year. Asparagus is one of these valued veggies, and, best of all, it's very easy to grow. Like ...

A surprising byproduct from your home can support long-term asparagus growth, improve soil balance, and strengthen plants ...

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 20 years ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley gardeners and farmers! This week I am discussing a great perennial vegetable for the garden, asparagus. Fresh asparagus will be harvested soon and be available at farmer’s ...

Asparagus has so much going for it, yet it’s sometimes overlooked by gardeners. Don’t let that be you. Asparagus is very hardy in our northern zones and, even more importantly, it’s a perennial ...

March is typically the beginning of asparagus season, and if you aren’t growing your own, now is a great time to plant. Asparagus is a perennial vegetable, meaning it comes back year after year, ...

Asparagus is a long-lived perennial vegetable. If you planted healthy, disease-free crowns (root systems of 1-year-old plants grown from seed), each crown should produce half a pound of spears per ...

CORVALLIS – Growing asparagus requires patience – from planting to harvest takes two to three years, but the wait is well worth the reward. Homegrown asparagus is one of the earliest vegetables of ...

Over the last week, I've had a couple small asparagus harvests. I always look forward to spring asparagus in my garden and a few wild sprouts in the fence rows. Although it is a little late to plant, ...

A few weeks ago I naively bought a few six-packs of beautiful, ferny little asparagus seedling plants, thinking that since local asparagus production is disappearing, given over to out-of-state ...