[AT] OT Redbud/asparagus

[Mattias Kessén]

we have both green and white. Round here the white ones are covered with sand though it's a rare crop or even as a hobby plant.

/Mattias
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Ämne: Re: [AT] OT Redbud/asparagus


> Around here it was the custom to "salt" the asparagus.  It seems asparagus
> is more salt tolerant than other plants and it's a sort of easy weeding.
> I'd be uneasy about trying it on a favorite patch but maybe it would be
> worth giving a shot on an isolated plant or two to see how it works.  In
> Europe asparagus is white...or more precisely an ivory or pale
> yellow...because they blanche it in the sense of the word of covering it
> from the sun.  I like it looking green and healthy rather than like ghost
> asparagus but it is nice and tender...if less flavorful.  They do this with
> mulch, George, so you may be simply exhibiting your European culinary
> sophistication!
> 
> Rog
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "George Willer" <gwill at toast.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT Redbud/asparagus
> 
> 
> > H.L.,
> >
> > That's a help.  It sounds like they are closely linked, so I'll keep
> > checking.  I've had a problem with weed competition so I applied a mulch
> of
> > wood chips deeper than usual last fall... so I may have slowed it down.
> >
> > I don't expect to be able to have much of a garden this year but I do hope
> > to have a little sweet corn and a few tomatoes.  Time will tell.
> >
> > George
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "H. L. Staples" <hlstaples at mcloudteleco.com>
> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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> > Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 10:07 PM
> > Subject: Re: [AT] OT Redbud/asparagus
> >
> >
> > George----I had never given the correlation of Redbud blooming and
> Asparagus
> > sprouting any thought except to be aware that they both occur in the
> Spring.
> >  8<)
> >
> > The Redbud blossoms are now all but gone and we have been cutting
> Asparagus
> > for about two weeks. We have been having really cool night time
> temperatures
> > until the last few days. Soil temperature has been low, but now with the
> > warm up the Asparagus is beginning to really come on.
> >
> > BTW just got a notice of a Tornado Warning in the Oklahoma panhandle. We
> don
> > t think we need any severe weather but sure could use some rain.  Earlier
> > this spring I didn't think I would ever be able to get the land
> preparation
> > done because it was all mud.  Now it is all to dry to work.  Our early
> > planting of sweet corn is about three inches tall, noticed the field corn
> in
> > the North Canadian River bottom is close to five inches tall.  We have had
> > to irrigate the corn to have adequate moisture to get it up.
> >
> > We will start transplanting tomatoes and peppers this week, with
> watermelon
> >  cantaloupe, squash and cucumbers to follow soon.  Onions, potatoes,
> cabbage
> > , garlic and strawberries are looking good.
> >
> > That's it from Staples' Redbud Vegetable Farm.
> >
> > H. L. Staples
> > McLoud, Oklahoma
> > USA
> > -------Original Message-------
> >
> > From: George Willer
> > Date: 04/17/05 15:07:10
> > To: A.T.I.S
> > Subject: [AT] OT Redbud/asparagus
> >
> > Our redbuds look like they will be in bloom in a day or two... the buds
> are
> > pink.  I'm wondering how soon after they are in bloom can we expect to be
> > cutting asparagus?  I'm sure there is a time connection but I forget what
> it
> > is.  If I had a guideline I could eliminate a few wild goose chases to
> > check.  I'm sure H.L. knows.  ;-)
> >
> > George Willer
> > http://members.toast.net/gwill/
> >
> >
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