[Magdalen] First fruits

[Susan Hagen]

Ann,
It's difficult for all the reasons you just gave.  You can't till it
and have to hand weed being careful not to disturb the crowns.  I went
to the farm stand today and bought some and mentioned to another
customer that mine seems to be dying out.  He said that the voles ate
the roots off all of his.  A light of understanding dawned for me
since I have a terrible vole problem.  That and the fact that my patch
used to be in full sun and now is definitely much shadier.  I won't
try to replant.  Otherwise, it's a heavy feeder.  I always gave it a
full large bag of Espoma Plant Tone, an organic fertilizer.  With the
cost of that, I might as well just buy it at the local markets.

Susan

On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 8:14 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
> I confess, I haven't googled, but how does one care for asparagus?  Mine
> died out within 2-3 years, and my mother had a strip along her fence that
> seemed to go on forever.  I did read that cultivating the soil wasn't so
> good, as it doesn't like its roots disturbed (but the roots were so deep --
> down in a 12-inch trench!).  I would pull weeds as best I could, but I just
> couldn't keep it going, and it was so much work to plant, that I never
> repeated after that first batch.
>
> Nothing in the ground here in Buffalo yet (the formal "first date" for
> planting is Memorial Day, but it's probably okay by now) -- but I will have
> herbs and tomatoes, at least.  I have a very small, raised, brick-bordered
> bed that I use (maybe 5'x7').
>
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>
> On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 10:43 PM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I had a salad with tiny lettuce thinnings and baby radishes from the
>> garden.  The cucumber was from the grocery store but it all tasted
>> wonderful.  I weeded the asparagus patch which, sadly, seems to be
>> fading out, probably from neglect.  Still, I get a few cuttings from
>> it each year.  I do enjoy eating from my back yard.
>>
>>
>> --
>> The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among
>> you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
>> land of Egypt.
>> Leviticus 19:34
>>



-- 
The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among
you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
land of Egypt.
Leviticus 19:34