![]() Unobtrusive bare patches of ground have exploded into irises, peonies and Solomon’s seal. It has been so exciting - this our first spring and summer - to discover what is already growing here. Some of the trees and plantings could be remnants of those first Colonial gardens. I’m in a new house now – in a house and land that were settled and built by a Revolutionary War soldier and his family. The problem with finding wild asparagus for someone as impatient as myself is that when it is easiest to find it is too late to harvest the plant has bolted, all those delicious sprouts that we think of as asparagus had unfurled into towering, wispy stems and leaves. I had just finished a re-read of Euell Gibbons iconic book about foraging “Stalking the Wild Asparagus.” A friend had pointed out some wild asparagus growing in my field, obvious once pointed out. ![]() ![]() I learned about wild asparagus and how to spot it almost 10 years ago. ![]()
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