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Asparagus ditches and corn with tomatoes

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         I just spent two days digging ten asparagus ditches.  This entails creating ten holes that measure one foot in circumference by one foot deep (Some suggest digging a trench, but the holes I dug last time worked well with my partially sandy soil.).  I did this same thing about 25 years ago, when I was much younger, and enjoyed freshly cut asparagus each spring until this past year when the bed suddenly gave out except for a few struggling sprouts.             Once I decided to replenish the bed, I went to Gurney’s Seed & Nursery Store on-line in search of replacement plants.  Finding what I felt would be the best specimen for my part of the world in the sunny/shady spot I use for my asparagus bed, I placed my order.  Being a person who regularly proceeds backwards, I then went on-line to research the asparagus planting process.  Hey, it has been 25 years and I am ...