Spargel

Late spring I undertook to reestablish my asparagus bed.  I  excavated the old one established fifteen years ago with a pick and shovel removing approximately six wheel barrows of soil and a tangle of dead and dying asparagus roots.  I also enlarged it a wee bit.  The roots made this a challenge - hence the pick-axe.        

This was followed by laying a base of six forty-pound bags of composted cow manure.       The root crowns were carefully spaced atop the manure and six bags of rich topsoil blanketed over all.  A cup of Jung Asparagus Food was dissolved in a sprinkling can with two gallons of water and poured over all.       

As the new shoots began to reveal themselves three additional bags of topsoil were added along with a layer of shredded wood chips as a mulch.     

As you can see the bed is thriving.      

No harvest in 2021 and likely less than half of the largest shoots may be taken in the spring of 2022.      

Fingers-crossed.