KNOWN BY ITS RURAL ENGLISH FOLK NAME UNTIL FAIRLY RECENTLY, ASPARAGUS HAS BEEN CULTIVATED AND ENJOYED AS A VEGETABLE SINCE ANCIENT TIMES
Asparagus is a quintessential spring vegetable, best planted in winter when the crown, or root system, is dormant.
In its bare-rooted form, an asparagus crown looks nothing like the tasty spears that emerge in spring. You could be forgiven for mistaking it for a semi-dried octopus.
But I promise that, once planted and established, that bizarre-looking
