And so to the rose garden, then an asparagus bed whose fleshy fingers had grown into tall fronds.

These runways were constructed over existing asparagus beds, which continue to produce asparagus to this day.

To keep the vegetable white, the asparagus bed must be earthed up into mounds and the shoots cut just as they appear at the surface.

Finally, he got up and stalked off to join Geraldine, who was scratching around the asparagus beds.

I planted an asparagus bed, which takes three years to mature, and by the end I was salivating.

Hold off on mowing the asparagus bed until the tips have been killed by frost.

He is digging an asparagus bed.

On the other hand, an asparagus bed can do double duty as an ornamental "hedge."

I ignored this rule when planting my first asparagus bed, and I pay for it annually.

Dress the asparagus bed with 2 to 3 inches of compost or aged manure so the nutrients will have all winter to work into the soil.