I used your method recently. I’d created a huge raised metal bed 4.14m x1mx 40cm. By the time I’d finished filling it, which involved carting the compost bucket by bucket uphill from the driveway to the back yard, (50m) I had no interest in trench digging. I found this video and went to work. That was just before Christmas, and the bed is absolutely thriving, constantly producing spears so it’s a mass of greenery. So grateful to you!
As a child in Northern Minnesota (in the 1960's) I would go out to the wind breaks on the edges of the fields and pick wild asparagus. I always came home with a large bundle. Our family garden didn't have asparagus and I was surprised to learn when I was older that people actually planted it. Such a lovely vegetable!
Thanks for this video. I am new to all of this. Learning from the “UA-cam professors”. Learning so much amd just found you. We have opposite climates as I am in West Texas, flat, arris and windy in the spring. I just learned about the Ruth Stout no till method. Thank goodness I found you too!!!!💕💕💕💕
This is perfect timing for me. I have asparagus that's just arrived and I'm realizing I won't have sufficient room in my garden. I'd prefer not to dig so I'm going to give this a try with half the asparagus going on a new cardboard bed, while I squeeze the remaining half in my existing garden. It will be interesting to see how they all do. Many thanks and happy Spring!!
That's more or less what I did here, some in an already existing bed (the first delivery) and some in a newly made bed. We can compare notes in 3 years 🙂
Stephanie, your timing is impeccable. I am putting in my first no-till garden and am thrilled to see the info about asparagus. I am strongly considering adding them to the plan. I ordered strawberries and onions from 2 different catalogs last year. I was just as surprised as you were. 😊 I'm in Wisconsin, US, zone 5. Our average last frost date is May 15th, similar to your's, but our winters are much more harsh. Here's to a fabulous garden in 2022!
Another fantastic video Stephanie and forgetting that you had ordered the asparagus crowns was intentional better having too much than too little. Keep safe, well and happy gardening.
I don’t know much about Welsh climate, but I’m pretty sure itsnot as cold as it is here in Canada. We plant asparagus in the ground and raised beds which freeze solid for months. Congrats on extra asparagus.
I’ve just subscribed and really like your films. I’ve just moved into a mostly weedy lawned garden on a farm in Cornwall so I’ll try some of your ideas once I’ve got some cardboard!! Cheers
Heh, I love the back story. I did something similar with potato orders last year. 🙂 Good advice about the poppies too - an extra crop is always good. Last time I bought asparagus to form a new bed the local badgers and bunnies had a field day (or rather days as they did it repeatedly) and wrecked them. They totally ignored the old asparagus bed next to it. Typical, eh? 😉
I think we often over-complicate things. I’m about to turn another four raised beds over to asparagus (26 crowns) and will use your layout as it makes sense to me even though, as you say, you’ll never read this advice. Years ago - probably 18 - when we first started edible gardening, we planted a couple of crowns with no idea how to, just stuck them in the ground probably with all the roots straight and pointing down, in a totally unsuitable spot! Every spring, without fail, these crowns are the first to fruit.
Hi Stephanie, fantastic demonstration of no dig. I planted my first asparagus bed this year and dug it In holes and mulched with straw. But worried I’ve dug in too far as still no sight of any shoots. How long before it comes through in your experience? You e such a lovely manner and way of explaining things please keep the videos coming All the best Christie
I love your videos, Stephanie. I am in Central Texas. I tried the cardboard, no dig method once and didn't fare well with it but I want to try it again. Maybe I did something wrong then. We have Bermuda grass which is a bear to deal with. Do you (or anyone reading this) know how this method works on Bermuda covered black land?
I do not know…yet. I am in West Texas, Lubbock area. Dry, harsh winds. I am also new to all of this but determined to become self-sufficient. I have made friends with a master gardener and don’t want to wear her out! Anyway, I have 3 types of asparagus and this popped up. So glad to see someone from Texas here. I just started watching this channel
thanks for the video! i have grown a couple of asparagus seeds that have been growing inside in a seed tray so I may plant those in poly tunnel now before transplanting in Autumn/winter his year- hopefully this will work as never grown before!
I have some seed grown asparagus (sown before I received the second package as "spares") and so now they'll be popped in a flower bed or suchlike. I recall that I saw some at Sissinghurst (I think, it was one of the "big" gardens) which was growing on in pots before planting. I've only ever planted seed sown direct as module transplants so it'll be interested to hear how you get on with yours. Love experiments!
I've just found you on youtube and was very keen to see this video, I have just moved into my property and have ordered 12 asparagus crowns and then realised my bed is only 4ft x 4ft, having seen how close you planted your crowns together, do you think I will be ok with 12 crowns in this space?
@@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading many thanks Stephanie. Maybe I should bite the bullet and get another raised bed built. I have room next to the last bed of 2.5m x 1m, but will need to get it raised off the ground, so that the dog and cat don't use it as their private loo :o)
I haven't measured the bed, forgot to do that! Shall measure it later on. There were 5 plants in each row, laid out so that their "fingertips" were just touching
@@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading They do seem awfully close. They have lots of growing and expanding to do. Asparagus roots spread at least 4 feet, which I can confirm by having dug old asparagus ground.
@@rubygray7749 I have done this before and they were fine - cropped for years right up to the time that I moved house (no idea how they are now because I have moved!). Asparagus don't need to be 4ft apart. Fine if you want to do that of course.
I’m glad you shared how close you planted. I did so last year as I didn’t have enough space for “recommended” distance planting of my 20 crowns. Waiting to see how they will grow this spring. Freda
Great video Stephanie, thank you. I planted asparagus a month or so ago and thought it had to be planted over a mound of compost, so good to know that it thrives when planted on a levelled base. Have to buy more as badgers have destroyed most of them - such is life 🦡
@@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading I have a fox friend who is partial to chewing on asparagus! Thankfully he tends to do it later in summer when the spears are already ferns.
Lol I can hide and seek my own Easter eggs. This is very relatable.
I used your method recently. I’d created a huge raised metal bed 4.14m x1mx 40cm. By the time I’d finished filling it, which involved carting the compost bucket by bucket uphill from the driveway to the back yard, (50m) I had no interest in trench digging. I found this video and went to work. That was just before Christmas, and the bed is absolutely thriving, constantly producing spears so it’s a mass of greenery. So grateful to you!
As a child in Northern Minnesota (in the 1960's) I would go out to the wind breaks on the edges of the fields and pick wild asparagus. I always came home with a large bundle. Our family garden didn't have asparagus and I was surprised to learn when I was older that people actually planted it. Such a lovely vegetable!
How wonderful to be able to pick wild asparagus, and what a lovely memory.
Thanks for this video. I am new to all of this. Learning from the “UA-cam professors”. Learning so much amd just found you. We have opposite climates as I am in West Texas, flat, arris and windy in the spring. I just learned about the Ruth Stout no till method. Thank goodness I found you too!!!!💕💕💕💕
A friend moved from England to Texas some years ago, looks like an amazing place. Happy gardening.
This is perfect timing for me. I have asparagus that's just arrived and I'm realizing I won't have sufficient room in my garden. I'd prefer not to dig so I'm going to give this a try with half the asparagus going on a new cardboard bed, while I squeeze the remaining half in my existing garden. It will be interesting to see how they all do. Many thanks and happy Spring!!
That's more or less what I did here, some in an already existing bed (the first delivery) and some in a newly made bed. We can compare notes in 3 years 🙂
A very inexpensive and interesting idea Stephanie.
Thanks.
Stephanie, your timing is impeccable.
I am putting in my first no-till garden and am thrilled to see the info about asparagus. I am strongly considering adding them to the plan.
I ordered strawberries and onions from 2 different catalogs last year. I was just as surprised as you were. 😊
I'm in Wisconsin, US, zone 5. Our average last frost date is May 15th, similar to your's, but our winters are much more harsh.
Here's to a fabulous garden in 2022!
Thanks Darren! Wishing you a wonderful gardening year in Wisconsin.
What a lovely new home you have.... 💕
Thank you for such great information....
Thank you Jillian, we are so happy to be here. My son Ruairi recently made a pond and I'll be putting that in another video soon.
I did the same thing! I forgot ordered again from a different place and so have double the roots! ha ha ha! You are not alone in this! Perfect timing!
It is surprisingly easy to do!
Another fantastic video Stephanie and forgetting that you had ordered the asparagus crowns was intentional better having too much than too little. Keep safe, well and happy gardening.
Thank you David. I am still trying to get the hang of video editing, but every time it gets a little easier 🙂
Loved this! Marjorie, Massachusetts
Thank you Marjorie
Impossible to have too much asparagus! Interesting video, thank you.
thank you
Thank you so much for sharing. I am definitely tempted to have a go. Can you recommend where to buy the crowns? Have a lovely Easter.
One delivery was from Seeds of Italy and the other Pomona Fruits. Too early to say how they'll do, but they looked healthy
Love your videos. Keep them coming!
Thank you. I've just made a short update, editing it now 🙂
I don’t know much about Welsh climate, but I’m pretty sure itsnot as cold as it is here in Canada. We plant asparagus in the ground and raised beds which freeze solid for months. Congrats on extra asparagus.
It is definitely not as cold as Canada here!
I’ve just subscribed and really like your films. I’ve just moved into a mostly weedy lawned garden on a farm in Cornwall so I’ll try some of your ideas once I’ve got some cardboard!! Cheers
Thank you for subscribing Suzy. Have fun setting up your new garden
Heh, I love the back story. I did something similar with potato orders last year. 🙂
Good advice about the poppies too - an extra crop is always good.
Last time I bought asparagus to form a new bed the local badgers and bunnies had a field day (or rather days as they did it repeatedly) and wrecked them. They totally ignored the old asparagus bed next to it. Typical, eh? 😉
Isn't that always the way?! There are badgers here but right up the hill towards the forest, I've not seen any sign of them down here
Like asparagus 👍
me too
Thanks for this! I just bought two bunches of Asparagus two days ago, and have yet to plant them out. In my no dig bed, of course
Perfect timing then 🙂
@@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading Indeed! Let's compare notes in two years! 🥬
I think we often over-complicate things. I’m about to turn another four raised beds over to asparagus (26 crowns) and will use your layout as it makes sense to me even though, as you say, you’ll never read this advice. Years ago - probably 18 - when we first started edible gardening, we planted a couple of crowns with no idea how to, just stuck them in the ground probably with all the roots straight and pointing down, in a totally unsuitable spot! Every spring, without fail, these crowns are the first to fruit.
It's so often the way, isn't it? Things planted "the wrong way" can so often thrive
Hi Stephanie, fantastic demonstration of no dig. I planted my first asparagus bed this year and dug it In holes and mulched with straw. But worried I’ve dug in too far as still no sight of any shoots. How long before it comes through in your experience? You e such a lovely manner and way of explaining things please keep the videos coming All the best Christie
Thank you Christie. It has been some time since I last planted asparagus, but as I recall it can take up to two months for them all to sprout.
Lovely video
Thank you Rob
Beautiful 🌺🌎💕
thank you Joanna
I love your videos, Stephanie. I am in Central Texas. I tried the cardboard, no dig method once and didn't fare well with it but I want to try it again. Maybe I did something wrong then. We have Bermuda grass which is a bear to deal with. Do you (or anyone reading this) know how this method works on Bermuda covered black land?
I do not know…yet. I am in West Texas, Lubbock area. Dry, harsh winds. I am also new to all of this but determined to become self-sufficient. I have made friends with a master gardener and don’t want to wear her out! Anyway, I have 3 types of asparagus and this popped up. So glad to see someone from Texas here. I just started watching this channel
@@SistersBreakingBad I did too! I found her by way of Huw Richards.
I don't think we have Bermuda grass here. From what I have heard it is very tough. Hopefully someone who has grown with this weed will know.
thanks for the video! i have grown a couple of asparagus seeds that have been growing inside in a seed tray so I may plant those in poly tunnel now before transplanting in Autumn/winter his year- hopefully this will work as never grown before!
I have some seed grown asparagus (sown before I received the second package as "spares") and so now they'll be popped in a flower bed or suchlike.
I recall that I saw some at Sissinghurst (I think, it was one of the "big" gardens) which was growing on in pots before planting.
I've only ever planted seed sown direct as module transplants so it'll be interested to hear how you get on with yours. Love experiments!
You can never have too much asparagus.
That is true - thankfully!
I've just found you on youtube and was very keen to see this video, I have just moved into my property and have ordered 12 asparagus crowns and then realised my bed is only 4ft x 4ft, having seen how close you planted your crowns together, do you think I will be ok with 12 crowns in this space?
I think 4 x 4ft will be a bit tight for 12 asparagus crowns, perhaps pop 3 in another bed if you can?
@@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading many thanks Stephanie. Maybe I should bite the bullet and get another raised bed built. I have room next to the last bed of 2.5m x 1m, but will need to get it raised off the ground, so that the dog and cat don't use it as their private loo :o)
I’m just about to make a bed for asparagus so this is perfect timing, thank you! May I ask how far apart your rows are please?
I didn't think to measure them, but probably about 50-60 cm.
Thank you :)
Hi Stepanie, is September a good time to start a nodig bed?
Yes, now is a good time. You can start them whenever you like
where do you get your asparagus from
I bought the asparagus that I planted a few weeks ago from Seeds of Italy, and the asparagus planted in this video from Pomona Plants
My asparagus arrives Monday! I almost ordered twice as well. How many crowns did you plant in this bed? About what size was your planting area?
I haven't measured the bed, forgot to do that! Shall measure it later on. There were 5 plants in each row, laid out so that their "fingertips" were just touching
@@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading They do seem awfully close. They have lots of growing and expanding to do. Asparagus roots spread at least 4 feet, which I can confirm by having dug old asparagus ground.
@@rubygray7749 I have done this before and they were fine - cropped for years right up to the time that I moved house (no idea how they are now because I have moved!). Asparagus don't need to be 4ft apart. Fine if you want to do that of course.
I’m glad you shared how close you planted. I did so last year as I didn’t have enough space for “recommended” distance planting of my 20 crowns. Waiting to see how they will grow this spring. Freda
@@tudorpottudorpot8423 one of the joys of home gardening is adapting to suit what we have - space, resources etc.
Great video Stephanie, thank you.
I planted asparagus a month or so ago and thought it had to be planted over a mound of compost, so good to know that it thrives when planted on a levelled base. Have to buy more as badgers have destroyed most of them - such is life 🦡
Oh drat, badgers really are such excellent diggers. Good luck with the next planting.
@@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading I have a fox friend who is partial to chewing on asparagus! Thankfully he tends to do it later in summer when the spears are already ferns.