Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mint Images / Getty Images Asparagus thrives with the help of well-chosen companion plants like strawberries, dill, and marigolds.

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Get your perennial vegetables in the ground and they'll come back year after year, saving your money at the supermarket. Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, ...

Asparagus is a delicious and resilient perennial that can be grown anywhere from kitchen gardens to roadside ditches and flowery meadows. In raised beds, too. But be careful when scouting locations.

I planted some crowns of asparagus in the spring. They are about 3 feet tall and fernlike, beautiful plants now. Once winter frosts hit and they turn brown, do I cut back to the ground and mulch for ...

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Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis is a favorite spring crop that is harvested from May to late June. This is a perennial vegetable whose edible parts are called spears, they grow upright stalks that ...

Your fireplace has a hidden treasure that can transform a struggling garden bed into flourishing plants and a wonderful harvest. Wood ash acts as an organic supplement for Asparagus officinalis, the ...

As much as we gardeners would like for it to be spring already, there’s no rushing January. We enter the deep of winter as darkness, rain and frost commence. But, here on the almost balmy North Coast, ...

Planting asparagus Asparagus is a great vegetable that grows well here. The newer “male” varieties like Jersey Giant produce large numbers of stalks once the plants are fully established. The trick ...