Asparagus ditches and corn with tomatoes
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 ...