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 ...

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 ...

Garden quiz: What stands straight like soldiers in spring then turns into a fairytale feathery forest in late summer? Asparagus of course! Asparagus is one of the first plants to greet us come ...

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 ...

After years of growing asparagus, I’ve learned that these perennial vegetables can be either the anchor of a thriving garden ecosystem or a source of endless frustration – it all depends on what you ...

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 ...

Strategically use certain vegetables in your garden to naturally deter pests and enhance your harvest without pesticides.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS UGLY THING WILL EVENTUALLY TURN INTO DELICIOUS RHUBARB. I’M HERE WITH CARRIE ENGEL AT VALLEY VIEW FARM, AND I LOVE RHUBARB. NEVER HAD IT, NEVER HAD IT. I WILL MAKE YOU A PIE.

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 ...