Hi, Meg: WHAT are we going to do with that hubby of yours?!! We’re just guessing now, but perhaps it doesn’t take a rocket scientist or Old Farmer to figure out that maybe he just doesn’t LIKE asparagus? Your plants aren’t really getting harmed by not being harvested … think of them as just wild and free, like the Woodstock Generation of asparagus. Once they start to fern-ize, they get harder and harder, but you can go ahead and cut them back without harming anything. Then you can harvest them again as they come up, continuing to to do so until the stalks are about the diameter of a pencil. Then leave them alone so that they can build up energy for next year. It would seem that your biggest challenge will be not in dealing with your hubsparagus, but in finding a way to divert your husband’s attention. Feel free to find the best days to harvest aboveground crops here: http://www.almanac.com/bestdays/calendar. Oh, and if it turns out you need to sneak out there under the cover of darkness in the middle of the night, you might want to check out when the next New Moon is going to be at: www.almanac.com/astronomy/moon/calendar/. Thanks for asking, and good luck!
Hi, Meg: WHAT are we going to do with that hubby of yours?!! We’re just guessing now, but perhaps it doesn’t take a rocket scientist or Old Farmer to figure out that maybe he just doesn’t LIKE asparagus? Your plants aren’t really getting harmed by not being harvested … think of them as just wild and free, like the Woodstock Generation of asparagus. Once they start to fern-ize, they get harder and harder, but you can go ahead and cut them back without harming anything. Then you can harvest them again as they come up, continuing to to do so until the stalks are about the diameter of a pencil. Then leave them alone so that they can build up energy for next year. It would seem that your biggest challenge will be not in dealing with your hubsparagus, but in finding a way to divert your husband’s attention. Feel free to find the best days to harvest aboveground crops here: http://www.almanac.com/bestdays/calendar. Oh, and if it turns out you need to sneak out there under the cover of darkness in the middle of the night, you might want to check out when the next New Moon is going to be at: www.almanac.com/astronomy/moon/calendar/. Thanks for asking, and good luck!