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Gardening

sinkingfeeling

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5. I'm in NW AR. I had them covered in straw, but the spears that were above ground

Reply to bvar22 (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 18, 2013, 09:01 AM

Apr 2013

froze. I've got some more out now, but it's to drop to 30 tomorrow night! I will cover them with sheets and stuff. My bed is only 2 years old, so haven't cut any to eat yet.

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Harvesting Asparagus.... It just seems so WRONG! [View all] bvar22 Apr 2013 OP

Mine froze a couple of weeks ago. sinkingfeeling Apr 2013 #1

Oh, I'm so sorry. bvar22 Apr 2013 #3

I'm in NW AR. I had them covered in straw, but the spears that were above ground sinkingfeeling Apr 2013 #5

My father planted our bed in 1980, and it's still going. Not as much as when Dad was still alive, japple Apr 2013 #2

Asparagus really is the Gift that Keeps on Giving year after year. bvar22 Apr 2013 #4

We have lots of wild stalks growing around our place. We think the seeds passed through birds. japple Apr 2013 #6