01/11/2026
This is an asparagus spear, coming up in my garden. For those of you who don't know, and many don't (I didn't until a few years ago), asparagus growing looks like someone stuck some asparagus spears in the ground as a joke. You can spend a dull amount of time, as I did, looking at pics of asparagus growing. Another fact about asparagus that many don't know, is that when first planted, you cannot harvest the spears until the third year because the plant needs time to develop its root system and harvesting in year one or two will damage or kill the crown. The crown is what is planted deep in the ground and where the asparagus shoots up from. Two years ago, I built an asparagus bed out of rock that was on my property, it looks like a viking grave. That is another very dull story. After watching my asparagus bed for two years, I finally get to harvest and eat the asparagus as this is year three.
Due to popular demand, I am including a pic of the viking grave. F, 67, sz. 9. I bless the rains down in Africa.
