We look forward to our first Asparagus with much anticipation and excitement.
Kneeling down and lightly scratching the surface of the Asparagus beds with twigs, carefully looking for the snouts of the first spears becomes a daily shared experience in the Spring around here.
How horrible to see the first spears, and then have them yanked away by a freeze.
Here in Central Arkansas, we can have late April freezes, locally named the "BlackBerry Frost",
that can damage the possibility of harvest from the early blooming fruit trees and berries.
The Locals caution us against putting out tomatoes and other fragile crops until after The Blackberry Frost, but we haven't that frost over the last few years. (The New Normal?)
Hopefully, your beds will recover.
If your beds are mature enough, you might even be able to take some spears.
Asparagus CAN be covered to protect the spears against frosts.
You can leave the early spears covered for days without damage.
Our temps are forecast to drop this weekend, but short of frost.
If we even suspect frost, we will harvest what we can, and then bury the rest in leaves, burlap sacks, and tubs & buckets.
Up North, where we come from (Minnesota), Asparagus is left covered by layers of heavy mulch and sacking. White Asparagus was the norm in Minnesota.
Good luck with your Asparagus.
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