07 Aftersparagus by Canon Image Challenge

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14-Sep-2021	Dave

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Canon Image Challenge		15-Sep-2021 11:35
I use garden shears to harvest. Can also just break spears by hand. Apparently the seeds are poisonous. I've never seen birds eat them. Dave

Canon Image Challenge		15-Sep-2021 09:40
As a kid I recall my mother sending me to the garden with a knife to harvest the asparagus. If you missed a few too many days and didn’t get it soon enough it turned into a bush and was no longer edible. (I didn’t much care for it anyway) I do remember letting it grow at the end of the season but didn’t know about the seeding, which makes perfect sense now that you mention it. Paul

Canon Image Challenge		15-Sep-2021 02:18
I've posted a shot (from two years ago, and from a different angle) in Pending. https://pbase.com/image/171958767 Kinda like a large ornamental grass. Are you familiar with asparagus ferns? Well, this is what they're named after. If you eat the stuff, you should know what it looks like. Dave

Canon Image Challenge		15-Sep-2021 02:17
T - like me. I have seen asparagus patches before, even had a small one once. But I don't remember seeing anything quite like this. Jim

Canon Image Challenge		15-Sep-2021 01:46
Very Interesting! I'd like to see a wider shot of what we are seeing...this is so wild, like something I've never seen before. Traveller

Canon Image Challenge		15-Sep-2021 01:44
It was delicious in the spring, Jim. I leave some spears to grow so that next year we will have even more. It also self-seeds, and I have started a second patch. Never too busy to harvest asparagus, Paul. It's so easy that there can be no excuses. Dave

Canon Image Challenge		14-Sep-2021 23:24
Afterspargarus is an excellent description for this section of your garden. I take it you were a little busy and couldn’t harvest on time. Paul

Canon Image Challenge		14-Sep-2021 22:37
Nothing looks edible to me. Jim

Guest		14-Sep-2021 19:08
What a hairy mess! Was your goal to frame it with the other plants?

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