By John, on May 1st, 2011 |
  First asparagus harvest of 2011. The asparagus is now growing furiously. We had our first full harvest on Monday and by this weekend we’d had another two additional harvests (I consider a harvest enough to feed our family of four). Our favorite way to prepare fresh asparagus is to cut the spears into bite sized pieces and lightly saute them in butter with a dash of salt and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice when they come off the heat. If you harvest promptly, when the spears are about seven inches tall, even the bases of the stems cook up nice and tender. Can’t say that about store-bought asparagus. …continue reading
By John, on April 18th, 2011 |
 On Monday I went out to the asparagus bed and counted eight spears poking their way up through the soil. By the weekend that number had tripled and most of them look to be nice and fat. I’ve read that asparagus planted too shallow will result in thin, spindly spears. Planting deeper yields fewer but fatter spears.
With asparagus, the third season is supposed to be the first full harvest. Last year was our third season but, after a promising start, it ended up being disappointing with a lot of thin and misshapen spears. I’m praying that we don’t have a virus. I lavished some extra attention on them over the season last year in the hope of coaxing them into a better harvest this year. Within a matter of weeks I’ll learn whether those efforts have paid dividends or whether our asparagus has a problem. So far, so good. …continue reading
By John, on September 29th, 2010 |
 The last weekend of September and another nice harvest. This has been the growing season that just keeps on giving. Yet all good things must come to an end and it’s time to begin clearing out the beds so we can prepare them for next growing season which, by the way, begins in February  .
It’s a bittersweet moment, pulling up perfectly healthy plants still …continue reading
By John, on August 20th, 2010 |
 I apologize for boring you with yet another August harvest photo but please allow me my indulgences. The eggplants, acorn squash and tomatoes are just so visually luscious…and they taste as good as they look. This has been our best year ever for eggplants, probably due to the unusually warm weather and the luck of having chosen …continue reading
By John, on August 18th, 2010 |
 As I walked through my kitchen it popped into my brain that I should post a photo of my counter top as it looks today. What this doesn’t show you are the additional tomatoes sitting off to the side in a basket, the many pounds of vegetables stuffed into my refrigerator, not to mention …continue reading
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First asparagus harvest of 2011. The asparagus is now growing furiously. We had our first full harvest on Monday and by this weekend we’d had another two additional harvests (I consider a harvest enough to feed our family of four). Our favorite way to prepare fresh asparagus is to cut the spears into bite sized pieces and lightly saute them in butter with a dash of salt and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice when they come off the heat. If you harvest promptly, when the spears are about seven inches tall, even the bases of the stems cook up nice and tender. Can’t say that about store-bought asparagus. …continue reading
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