Q: It is mid-April here in Michigan. When should I fertilize the asparagus and rhubarb? Is it too early to transplant rhubarb? When is the ideal time to transplant rhubarb? Should I mulch the ...

Q: I am a North Little Rock gardener. My asparagus bed seems be producing smaller diameter shoots, which I am allowing to grow into ferns. Could the bed be getting old (it's approximately 10 years old ...

You can’t just pop asparagus crowns, or seedlings, in the ground. Because it is a perennial vegetable, it requires a little planning and a few hours of work. A few weeks ago I naively bought a few six ...

Asparagus and rhubarb are two of the few perennial vegetables that grow well in Kansas. Although each may offer lower maintenance in the years after planting, good garden bed planning and preparation ...

Jim Gnatek, owner of Alligator Brook Farm, empties bags of fertilizer into a hopper to spread on his asparagus fields in Hadley Thursday. “The more you pick the more it grows, but its been a cold ...

Cool-season food crops can still be planted in January, and those that are growing will continue to produce. But keep some floating row cover on hand to protect your plants if the temperature drops.