Shoots and leaves...
The whims and woes, highs and lows, of trying to grow fruit and veg in Nordic latitudes.
Asparagus risotto is now on the menu. The spears look really good this year, thicker than previous years. It might be all the rain, or maybe they liked the mulch (straw) we threw on in the autumn. I have so far resisted temptation to harvest them as all the books say the plants need to be left to develop for at least three years after planting. But the three years are up, so there is no stopping me now! I love showing the asparagus bed to visitors as most people have never seem them growing before and are surprised to see how the spears seem to pop up randomly from the ground!
And after we've finished harvesting them, we let the fronds grow - they are very pretty and look wonderful in a bouquet or in a vase with roses, or anything else that is vibrantly colourful.
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