Asparagus contains aspragusic acid, which is broken down into sulfur-containing compounds by your body; it is believed this is what causes smelly urine.
Learn more from the University of Utah. Asparagus photo: " asparagus " CC BY 2. Want to get notified when new Good Growing posts are available? Skip to main content. How to successfully grow asparagus in your garden. Posted by. Ken Johnson. March 26, What type should I grow? Dig a trench that is inches wide and six inches deep. Place the crowns 9 to 12 inches apart in the trench, making sure the bud side is up.
When we moved into our house, there was mauve carpet throughout the main floor, and all walls were white. It is a semi-open floor plan, and from the front door you can see all four rooms on the main floor. I wanted to create a relaxing living room area, a cozy dining room area, and an energizing kitchen.
I ended up keeping the mauve carpet, and choosing a color combination for the walls that sounds odd, but it turned out beautifully. Living room: two walls deep purple, two walls tan. Dining room: two walls deep green same value as the purple , two walls tan.
Kitchen: an eclectic mix of lavender and stunning yellow. Foyer: wallpaper deep-green, tan, mauve and one wall tan. There is a deep-green element to every room, such as wall decor, cushions, plant stands, etc. The deep green looks wonderful against the mauve carpet, and accents the wall colors remarkably well. Hi Britney, How are you getting along? You have had such great advice from everyone!
Love to see what changes you have made. I agree with the general consensus regarding the drapes and the cushions. In your posted image, the room, does look dark so you can go a little wild with color as long as it is cohesive. Your walls look yellow? I love the cushion designs and colors submitted by decoenthusiaste.
The designs are all different but it is the color combination that brings it all together and makes a wonderful collection.
If you are keeping the ottoman, rather than buying a coffee table, consider a much larger tray so that you can always have a bowl of lemons or green or red apples on it. Alternatively, a flowering or green plant would add color. I would stay away from flowers in vases to avoid spills.
Do you have any pictures or paintings yet? The wall on the right is crying out for something with color and depth. I was in the industrial cleaning biz for 15 years and hired a service to clean some of the most important windows at the GM Tech Center. He used Dawn and a squeegee. The rags were only used to dry his squeegee. Sadly, my own windows are a mess from years of bug spray which they claim will rinse off with a power washer.
It doesn't. We quit the service 5 years ago and the windows are all still hazy. It's something to do with the pyrethrum and I've asked around - yep, it's bad for windows but you can't help to get the overspray when they spray your entire house.
When I clean my windows I use Dawn, cleaning vinegar, and a nice squeegee and only a towel to dry my squeegee. You don't go up and down or from one side to the other. You go in a big hairpin turn type of swiping with the squeegee. It's hard to describe, but, it's how it's done. Yes, it's time. I haven't cleaned mine since spring, mostly because I haven't been here much. Our windows at our vacation home are bad as well, right now.
I've been there as much as I've been here. You've chosen a rich, bright color palette, so my first suggestion would be to lighten and soften the shades quite a bit so they will transition well. When creating a multi-colored interior, you should be able to move from one room to the next aware that you're passing through different colors, but the shift between them is pleasantly subtle.
Think of it as feng shui with colors. Christi, on behalf of Thos. To put it another way, I have about 20 feet of row. Obviously well established crowns will produce more spears but you can't harvest them all. Dave, can you renovate the old beds? Or it is not worth the sweat for the money?
Sure you can renovate old beds with new plants. You can't renovate old plants. For me, I think 25 crowns are all I need. There are other crops to harvest Digging up mature, established asparagus plants would seem to be a real pain.
Well, I'll have to plant some to find out This all assuming proper feeding and nutrients. Nancy, so you planted about 20 crowns? Yes, I think that is too much for 2 people. I just did a little more math. For 1. SoTX 6 years ago.
Creek-side 6 years ago. Barbara Simoes 4 months ago. Related Stories. Patience pays off with this harbinger of spring that lasts for decades in the garden. You can upcycle your old typewriter, paint cans, tires and many more things into places for your plants. The plants might be closer in your bed, but if they are producing, enjoy it. I live in Henderson Nevada. At the end of December I trimmed the brown ferns leaving the stocks approximately two inches above ground and covered them with mulch.
To my amazement I have spears that are now growing well beyond the mulch they were covered with. One spear shot up to approximately inches the others are inches tall. Is this normal for the spears to continue to grow and can you eat them?
I thought cutting them back and mulching for winter causes them to go into dormancy. Your advise is appreciated. Suburban gardener, I planted 11 feet of Mary Washington, and same of Purple Passion boring color when cooked about 17 years ago.
It makes me VERY happy!!! Just me to feed, so occasionally my neighbors get some. I was just wondering how long I must wait until I fold down the ferns, but you've given me the answer: I can CUT is short I don;t know why my habit has been simply to fold it down and use it for mulch after I put down the compost I have planned for it. Thank you for THAT tidbit! Problem with straw is that it never rots Many thanks. Your outline and suggestions above are better presented and clearer.
I am so sorry for the multiple submissions. I didn't think my question was being "saved. I'm wondering if these ferny growths currently around inches high are new future asparagus plants and if I should allow them to continue growing. Perhaps they are just weeds. Some have emerged on the pathway side of the crowns, so I have removed those. However, some of these little fern-like "things" are growing two feet on the other side of the crowns. I have not removed those yet.
I have thirteen crowns in their third year. This is our first year harvesting. We have been pleased with production so far and have enjoyed asparagus side dishes at meals for about 5 weeks. I'm thinking it might be time to stop harvesting. A few stalks got ahead of me and are already 4 feet high and getting the expected ferny foliage.
They may be future stalks; let them be. You could lay on some mulch and prepare to set stake poles and string around the bed like a simple fence so that when the ferns become top heavy they do not fall to the ground. I have a wonderful asparagus bed that is years old. I have little fern like things coming up around each crown. Separate and very different than the spears of asparagus. Are they weeds or part of the plants? I have a half dozen plants in my garden they are doing well and we were able to harvest some this is the third year.
My issues is the ferns, they are so tall they fall over and cover the path and what is growing the next row over. Can I trim them back some? You would do well to leave them. Run string around the poles and around the asparagus bed not the plants at about four feet high or higher, there is no magic formula to keep the ferns off the ground. When you cut the ferns later in the year, put away the poles and string for next year.
It is early. If you added that much material you added days to the emergence calendar. I bet you will see spears within 10 days. That being said, IMO, the time to add compost to the bed is fall, not spring. The Asparagus bed I have has plants of 2 and 3 years of age.
We had a decent harvest last year but I felt they needed more soil. So this spring around the 1st of April we added approximately 3 to 4 inches of soil mixed with compost and also added a heavy layer of straw. It is now the last day of April and I do not see any asparagus coming up.
What could I have done wrong? I recently planted asparagus crowns for the first time. The first spear to come up from any of them was brutalized by wind and frost and most likely my well-intentioned, but poorly executed insulating row cover. Now it's a pitiful bent thing. I tried to support it with twine and stakes which I've heard are recommended later in the season for ferns anyway , but it looks like it is beyond hope.
For now, just support it with stakes and twine as best as you can. The plant should send up more spears soon enough! For more information, please see my disclosure policy.
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