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cab



Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 07 12:11 pm    Post subject: Asparagus! Reply with quote
    

First local asparagus on the market stalls today. Also some 'imported', from the Wye Valley. All of it looked and smelled in tip-top condition.

tahir



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 07 12:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Thanks for that Cab, will have to send the missus hunting

sean
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 07 12:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Have you not got an asparagus bed, or two yet? Slacker.

tahir



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 07 12:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nope, it was on the cards this year but ran out of time and money

sean
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 07 12:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Pah. Shan't be visiting you then.























Who has got an asparagus bed?

cab



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 07 12:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sean wrote:

Who has got an asparagus bed?


I have. A few plants in the garden, anyway. Going to be feasting on home grown this evening

judith



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 07 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sean wrote:
Who has got an asparagus bed?


I have, but you don't like Wales.

sean
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 07 12:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Well that's a fat lot of help. I should have been more specific and asked who within striking distance of my house has an asparagus bed and wants help eating it.

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sean
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 07 12:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

judith wrote:


I have, but you don't like Wales.


I don't mind Wales in small helpings.

alison
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 07 2:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Fortunately I haven't!

Blue Sky



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 07 4:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sean wrote:
Have you not got an asparagus bed, or two yet? Slacker.




Just expanded mine by a further 20 crowns. Should have it in abundance in another couple of years.

Well worth the effort IMO.

chez



Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 07 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I have seedlings just coming up in the greenhouse - only another three years to wait .

Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 07 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We also have a small asparagus bed, grown from seed a few years back and it should crop well this year. Home grown is much better than any shop stuff and you can even eat it while it's still growing on the plant...

mrutty



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 07 7:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

tahir wrote:
Nope, it was on the cards this year but ran out of time and money


I have some of that for sell now that I've finally moved and yes I'm packing your fruit bushes at last and they will go out on Monday as long as Becki goes to the post office.

tigger



Joined: 13 Nov 2005
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Location: Bologna (Italy)
PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 07 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

https://www.italianmade.com/foods/subcat25014.cfm

Virtually the whole of our village is an asparagus bed

Bit too far away though.

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