Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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, ...

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 ...

Most vegetables, such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, squash, and beans, are grown as annuals. Asparagus, however, is a hardy ...

Asparagus is a perennial that can live up to 15 years. It will require some patience and a long-term vision on your part. Prepare the bed in advance. When crowns are planted, they will need irrigation ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

Get your perennial vegetables in the ground and they'll come back year after year, saving your money at the supermarket. Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, ...

So you decided to plant asparagus last year, and this year - you have asparagus! Asparagus is a long-lived perennial vegetable. If you planted healthy, disease-free crowns (root systems of 1-year-old ...

Spring is the ideal time to plant asparagus. Properly planted and maintained, an asparagus bed will yield a harvest for 20 years or longer. Here's how to plant this perennial vegetable: • Although you ...

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 ...