Looking to add a tasty, low-maintenance crop to your vegetable garden that’ll reward you for years to come? Growing asparagus might just be your next favorite gardening adventure. Yes, it takes a ...

Asparagus is a perennial vegetable that can be enjoyed for many years. Plant asparagus crowns in a sunny location with well-drained soil. Don't harvest asparagus the first year, and limit harvesting ...

Prized for their edible stems, or spears, asparagus plants are one of the few vegetables that grow perennially, and they're harvested in spring—long before other crops have even sprouted. But while ...

Home-grown ‘Purple Passion’ asparagus emerging from the ground. It’s a common misconception in the home gardening arena that asparagus is a crop that should never be started from seed. I am not sure ...

A few weeks ago I naively bought a few six-packs of beautiful, ferny little asparagus seedling plants, thinking that since local asparagus production is disappearing, given over to out-of-state ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marti157900 / Getty Images Perennial vegetables are an elite group and are prized for their ability to produce a harvest year ...

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 ...

A look at tall asparagus and the best way to deal with such spears, including expert tips on not eating or cutting overgrown ...