➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[The Farmers' Daughter]

If you like asparagus, you have to grow your own!! My nephew loves asparagus. He stopped by when I had a good batch to pick. I started the water boiling, went to the garden, picked the asparagus, back into the kitchen for a quick rinse and trim and then steamed the asparagus for 3 minutes. I melted butter pats on it and a little salt and pepper. He was eating the asparagus within 5 minutes of it having been picked. My nephew's response was "I thought that I liked asparagus. Wow, so this is what asparagus is supposed to taste like!!" The only way it could be any fresher is if I cooked it in the garden. There is no better asparagus than straight from the garden to the stove.

When I used to buy asparagus from a store, I would pick out the skinny stalks but when I pick it from my garden, I want the fattest stalks. They are so good.

Around here, all stores with a garden department will have a selection of asparagus roots available. They will have the directions on how to plant it on the package. It is readily available from any of the many seed companies and will come with instructions.

I originally planted Mary Washington and Jersey Giant. Later I added Purple Passion. Now most of my asparagus is hybrids that grew from the seeds produced every year.

I planted the asparagus in its own bed. It gets watered with the rest of the garden. Since I am on a sand dune and sand does not hold water, it gets watered every two to three days during growing season. I fertilize it annually with azomite and some 16-16-16 fertilizer.

How do you harvest it? Do you cut the stalks or do they pull out?

 

[R2elk]

Sorry, but I just hate it. The smell, the texture, the taste... it's just not something I would ever choose to eat. I come from an asparagus loving family and no matter where it comes from or how it's cooked, I just don't enjoy it. I've eaten PILES of it because one simply does not leave uneaten food on one's plate (not an option in my family) but I've always just choked it down.
That just leaves more for you!

We all have different tastes. I can't tolerate raw onions or cooked spinach. Some people cannot stand the taste and texture of tomatoes. Based on how my mother cooked asparagus (boiled to death) it is a wonder that I like it.

 

[R2elk]

How do you harvest it? Do you cut the stalks or do they pull out?

I cut the stalks with my trusty penknife. You don't want to pull them in order to not damage the roots.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

We all have different tastes. I can't tolerate raw onions or cooked spinach. Some people cannot stand the taste and texture of tomatoes. Based on how my mother cooked asparagus (boiled to death) it is a wonder that I like it.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Tomorrow is the first day of classes and work for me.
Tomorrow, farm-wise, we are meeting with a teacher since she is buying 2 dozen hatching eggs from us. The hatched chicks will be used by the school in their ag program.

Let’s hope I don’t have my Chem lab until 4:45.

 

[Kiki]

If you like asparagus, you have to grow your own!! My nephew loves asparagus. He stopped by when I had a good batch to pick. I started the water boiling, went to the garden, picked the asparagus, back into the kitchen for a quick rinse and trim and then steamed the asparagus for 3 minutes. I melted butter pats on it and a little salt and pepper. He was eating the asparagus within 5 minutes of it having been picked. My nephew's response was "I thought that I liked asparagus. Wow, so this is what asparagus is supposed to taste like!!" The only way it could be any fresher is if I cooked it in the garden. There is no better asparagus than straight from the garden to the stove.

When I used to buy asparagus from a store, I would pick out the skinny stalks but when I pick it from my garden, I want the fattest stalks. They are so good.

Around here, all stores with a garden department will have a selection of asparagus roots available. They will have the directions on how to plant it on the package. It is readily available from any of the many seed companies and will come with instructions.

I originally planted Mary Washington and Jersey Giant. Later I added Purple Passion. Now most of my asparagus is hybrids that grew from the seeds produced every year.

I planted the asparagus in its own bed. It gets watered with the rest of the garden. Since I am on a sand dune and sand does not hold water, it gets watered every two to three days during growing season. I fertilize it annually with azomite and some 16-16-16 fertilizer.

I like asparagus.
You make me want to grow some.
Does in grow down here?


I need to find that seed planting site Mo shared to see.

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

Not only does it take years to harvest, but it also tries to warn you to stay away by tasting awful! I can choke down the tips, but those stalks... BLECH.

I am not a huge asparagus fan but my hubby loves them. But I am a super picky eater anyways so it's not saying much. Well, we ended up going out to eat one day at this Korean BBQ place. You pick what you want from their menu and they cook it at the table in front of you. One of the appetizers was asparagus cut in about 2in bites wrapped in some kind of marinated beef. It was actually pretty good. I surprised myself by liking it.

 

[BantyChooks]

We all have different tastes. I can't tolerate raw onions or cooked spinach. Some people cannot stand the taste and texture of tomatoes. Based on how my mother cooked asparagus (boiled to death) it is a wonder that I like it.

My hangup is eggs that aren't completely cooked. It's a weird one, I know.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

I like asparagus.
You make me want to grow some.
Does in grow down here?


I need to find that seed planting site Mo shared to see.

A house we looked at had asparagus growing pretty much everywhere.

 

[R2elk]

My hangup is eggs that aren't completely cooked. It's a weird one, I know.

Oh my, gotta have that runny yellow to dip.