Asparagus Ferns

Asparagus Ferns

The asparagus in my garden have developed ferns that are as tall as I am. The variety is Jersey Giant. They were supposed to be mostly male asparagus, that don’t produce seed. About half of them have seeds. The male asparagus supposedly have bigger spears. (I guess that makes sense). There are two ways to get asparagus. Seeds take longer or one can divide the crowns of existing plants. This needs to be done anyway every few years.

There is some type of creature that constantly pulls and eats the shoots from the strawberries in my garden. After 2 years, I have not received a single strawberry. Strawberries have a short season here. They are fairly cheap in season. Maybe the strawberries should be replaced by asparagus. Should I divide the crowns or save some seeds? Actually, I plan to do both so a comparison can be made. If there are any strawberry plants left they will go into a strawberry pot.

The strawberry pot is a large urn with openings on the side to plant the strawberry plants. Hopefully it can be placed where whatever is eating the strawberry plants now will not be able to reach it. Growing wonderful food would be so easy if we did not have to fight so hard to keep the plants and the produce.

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