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 ...

It is almost asparagus season and green spears are starting to appear in vegetable gardens across our state. Asparagus is a perennial vegetable, which means it comes back year after year, provided it ...

Have you thought about devoting some of your vegetable garden space to asparagus? A bed will last for at least 25 years and sometimes much longer. Almost all the work ...

Growing this perennial vegetable is easier than you might think.

Crowns, or the vegetative root systems of asparagus, are generally available for planting in early spring. If you still see crowns in the stores now, it is too late to plant them, and the crowns are ...

Growing asparagus at home can be a rewarding experience, providing you with fresh produce and a sense of accomplishment ...

Asparagus can be grown from seed, but most plant asparagus crowns: the roots of the plant in a dormant stage. The crowns can ...

There's nothing quite like freshly picked asparagus from your own garden. It might sound exaggerated, but I promise you that there's no comparison between store-bought and homegrown asparagus. So, ...

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 ...