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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

It is almost asparagus season and green spears are starting to appear in vegetable gardens across our state. Asparagus is a perennial vegetable, which means it comes back year after year, provided it ...

Question: I’d love to grow asparagus in my home garden. Is it hard to do? Answer: There’s a little more preparation involved in growing asparagus than more commonly grown vegetables, but asparagus is ...

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 ...

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, ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- Asparagus is a long-lived, perennial member of the lily family. If you planted healthy, disease-free crowns — root systems of 1-year-old plants grown from seed — each crown should ...

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 ...