The overwhelming majority of vegetables which gardeners love to grow in Greater Columbus are annual plants, which means that they complete their lifecycle in the same season and must be planted each ...

Done right, planting a bed of asparagus is a once-in-a-generation affair. Other than artichokes, capers and rhubarb, asparagus is the only perennial vegetable regularly featured in North American ...

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 ...

A favourite vegetable is Asparagus officinalis. It's a perennial, in the lily family and it lives for up to 30 years. You often see it in abandoned farmhouses; and it just keeps growing and producing.

One of the first vegetables to harvest in the spring is asparagus. Native to coastal regions of Europe and Asia, asparagus is a hardy perennial vegetable crop, drought and salt tolerant, and once ...

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 ...

When I was growing up, asparagus meant one thing: must be May. Once the tender green shoots started popping through the soil, they were on the plate at every meal for a month — roasted, grilled, ...

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 ...

Q-My asparagus-fern has been in the same pot for several years; roots show all over the surface soil. This winter it has thinned out, there are lots of yellow needles on the floor all around, and the ...

Asparagus is a perennial vegetable that can be enjoyed for many years. Plant asparagus crowns in a sunny location with well-drained soil. Don't harvest asparagus the first year, and limit harvesting ...