Growing Asparagus - Everything you need to know
My first experience of growing asparagus was as a child when the caretaker at the school just behind our house had a big bed of Asparagus. Each year we would consider it a real treat when we were given a bunch (or maybe more) of his prized crop. I’m not sure if I can really remember it properly or whether it’s just my parent’s stories that I put memories to but I definitely remember enjoying eating the produce.This was long before imported asparagus made it into the supermarkets.
Now we live in the heart of asparagus growing country so have no excuse
for not passing on the secrets to success. Eating your own home grown
vegetables is always so much more satisfying than buying them from the
shops so you will eagerly await those first asparagus tips peeking above
the ground. When asparagus season finally comes around in April – June
each year you will be so glad you put the time and effort into growing
asparagus yourself.
On the pages that follow you will find information on:
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Pretty much everything you need to know is contained in these pages.
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Some Terminology
Just to get you started here are a few bits of asparagus terminology:
Asparagus crowns – are these the same as asparagus plants, yes so far as I can tell the terms get used interchangeably
Asparagus
fern – this is the big wispy rather frothy leaves that are formed when
the asparagus tips are left to grow on and mature.
Asparagus Beetle
– pretty much what its name implies an insect that you won’t want to find near your asparagus crop.
Asparagus tips – The stalk that grows from the ground and is cut for us to eat.
Asparagus bed – this is the place where your asparagus crop grows, because the plants have to mature over a number of years it will be the place they stay for a long time.
Asparagus roots – are these the same as asparagus crowns? yes they certainly are!
Asparagus Seeds – although you mostly hear about asparagus crowns and plants you can grow asparagus from seed as well. In fact this is how the growers grow the crowns most people buy to plant!
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The easiest way to cook Asparagus!
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Basics of how to cook fresh asparagusstart by looking at How to Cook Asparagus first for some background information on a range of cooking methods. |
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