There's a reason why many of us turn to asparagus in the spring and summer months: It's one of the first crops of spring harvest, and the fresh-picked spears are more tender and tasty during the ...

Home-grown ‘Purple Passion’ asparagus emerging from the ground. It’s a common misconception in the home gardening arena that asparagus is a crop that should never be started from seed. I am not sure ...

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After Lindy Rutherford of Cloud Country Landscape Design in Beavercreek read the in Homes & Gardens of the Northwest, she wrote in to offer her method. "For years I tried getting asparagus to grow. In ...

Q: I am planning to grow asparagus this fall. How do I get started? A: Asparagus, a long-lived (eight to 15 years), salt- and drought-tolerant vegetable from the lily family, has been cultivated for ...

This week features ornamentals and vegetables. Summer pruning is done to shape ornamentals and tidy up unruly shrubbery. Pruning this time of year prepares landscape plants for cooler temperatures (a ...

As the snow melts, even in Minnesota, and daylight lingers into evening, people who like to eat with the seasons know what's coming: asparagus. "Asparagus means the beginning of spring. It's spring!" ...

Watch how an asparagus growing from a bare-root to crowns and young plant in this time lapse. The root was planting in a pot ...

Asparagus are low-maintenance perennial vegetables that are capable of providing you with delicious spears in spring and early summer for decades if looked after properly. You do need to be patient as ...