We just started new asparagus beds this year. We haven't harvested any, because everything we've read has said to let the plants develop and the crowns grow before harvesting. In the second year, we can harvest for two weeks, and then for four to six weeks in subsequent years. The bed should last for fifteen years or more.
Now I have a dilemma. Our Purple Passion asparagus is coming up in December! So is that the end of last season, even though I've taken all the dying, yellow vegetation and thrown it in my compost piles this fall, or is it the beginning of the spring harvest, and therefore a good thing to harvest? Or will the frost kill it off so quickly, it won't matter?
I'll post some pictures of winter beds, mulched with leaves from our yard, in case you don't believe me. You'll see the garlic, kale, and mustard that you'd *expect* to see growing this time of year, but you'll see the asparagus as well. I'm also growing
Russian Comfrey as a high-protein supplement for our future laying hens. Don is working on our coop every chance he gets.
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| Purple Passion Asparagus with Russian Comfrey in the Background |
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| Birdbath with ice in it; taken the same day |
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| Garlic and kale |
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| Winter garden bed with kale, mustard, garlic, and sage |
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