The overwhelming majority of vegetables which gardeners love to grow in Greater Columbus are annual plants, which means that they complete their lifecycle in the same season and must be planted each ...

Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis is a favorite spring crop that is harvested from May to late June. This is a perennial vegetable whose edible parts are called spears, they grow upright stalks that ...

Asparagus is a long-lived herbaceous perennial that has as much living plant material below ground as above ground. Tender tops can be killed by a freeze, but underneath is a massive network of ...

Asparagus thrives with the help of well-chosen companion plants like strawberries, dill, and marigolds. These plants enhance asparagus growth by deterring pests, suppressing weeds, and enriching the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Asparagus hardly ranks as an exotic edible, but harvesting this imported ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The state legislature should make rhubarb mandatory for every home yard - especially the type with ruby red stalks. Add asparagus plants and strawberries, and you've got an old-fashioned yard that is ...

Asparagus is a great plant to grow in your garden. Not only is it fairly easy to grow, it’s a perennial, which means once you get it established, you’ll be eating asparagus for years since ...

See how fast an asparagus plant was growing from a seed in this time-lapse. The asparagus seed was sown under soil in a ...