Hello Mid-Ohio Valley gardeners and farmers! This week I am discussing a great perennial vegetable for the garden, asparagus.

Those asparagus crowns that you plant today could produce for a decade or more — how’s that for a phenomenal return on your investment? Give your asparagus a strong start by planting it in the ...

This perennial plant is dioecious, which means it has separate male and female plants. The sex of the plant is important when you start ... “Martha Washington.” Where you plant asparagus ...

However, homegrown asparagus can get much wider than that. It’s not unusual to find very old asparagus plants producing spears ... but bare green stems 2 or 3 feet tall. The guy had cut only ...

After this season, the plants are left untouched so they can gather strength and build up reserves for the next season. After six to ten years, the soil becomes less fertile and production starts to ...

Asparagus plants can remain productive for up to 20 years, so it's worthwhile spending time on preparing the bed to give them a flying start in life. If you can, start in autumn by digging over ...

(White asparagus is such because growers keep it in the dark, covered with mulch or soil.) A fresh start as the days lengthen ... of this weekly column on plant-based cooking.

To assess the texture of asparagus, start with a visual inspection. The stalks should be rigid when held vertically, without appearing limp or bendy. Check the firmness by giving the stalks a ...

So, why do asparagus separate into different genders? These veggies fall into a category of plants known as dioecious, which means the male and female parts of their flowers lie in entirely ...

Who doesn’t love a veggie that keeps coming back every year? Those asparagus crowns that you plant today could produce for a decade or more — how’s that for a phenomenal return on your ...