If you’ve never tasted asparagus fresh from your garden or farmers’ market, then you haven’t tasted real asparagus. It has a flavor unlike anything in the store.
An asparagus patch will last for 20 years or more, and now – in mid spring — is a good time to plant crowns ordered from any reputable mail-order nursery company. More details tomorrow.
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Peter V. Fossel has been gardening since he was nine, and has been an organic farmer for the last 20 years. His most recent book, “Organic Farming, Everything You Need to know” was published by Voyageur Press, Minneapolis, 2007. He’s written numerous gardening articles for Organic Gardening, Horticulture, Country Journal, Out Here, and American Profile among others. He was Gardens Manager for The Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson in Tennessee before returning to Cape Cod to start his newest organic venture, Swan River Farm in Dennisport, MA.
