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Pushing Up!

Posted April 8, 2009

Bow to the mighty asparagus!

The first ones are now tentatively pushing their rosy tip up - just checking on the above ground weather. Is last year holds true (and so far, it does, as after a few days of warm weather, we are back to cool - including below 32F (0C) at night), then the asparagus will just wait for milder temperature before coming out in any numbers, and growing to edible size. They’ll turn green as the stalk grow, with just a hint of purple left on the scales.

asparagus-poking-out

Meanwhile… can the morels be far behind?

Posted in Kitchen Garden, vegetable

4 Comments so far

  1. Melissa on April 8th, 2009

    Hi! *Waving* :P

    Spring bounty is good.

  2. sylvie on April 8th, 2009

    Melissa, good to have you stop by. Thank you. Not totally bounty yet… but getting there.

  3. Anticipating Asparagus « Gradually Greener on April 11th, 2009

    [...] 11, 2009 by Amelia How exciting, the asparagus over in Rappahannock County has just started to push up.  The farmers at the Sunday market said it probably won’t be until next week that they have [...]

  4. Amelia on April 11th, 2009

    Oooh, I can’t wait until asparagus starts showing up at the farmer’s market here in DC. I thought about growing some myself, but I don’t have enough space or permanence to start the three-year process. Thanks for posting the pic!