Looking to add a tasty, low-maintenance crop to your vegetable garden that’ll reward you for years to come? Growing asparagus might just be your next favorite gardening adventure. Yes, it takes a ...

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 ...

While the initial three-year wait for establishment might seem daunting, those years pass quickly, and the payoff is a ...

This column originally appeared in the May 2, 2025, edition. Hello Mid-Ohio Valley gardeners and farmers! This week I want to ...

Question: I’d love to grow asparagus in my home garden. Is it hard to do? Answer: There’s a little more preparation involved in growing asparagus than more commonly grown vegetables, but asparagus is ...

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 ...

Asparagus and rhubarb are two of the few perennial vegetables that grow well in Kansas. Although each may offer lower maintenance in the years after planting, good garden bed planning and preparation ...

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 ...

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 ...