A: I have the same problem! When my husband and I built our house, the first items we planted were asparagus roots. We had both been reared on asparagus, mostly wild, so this idea was exciting. Within ...

Q: My asparagus patch seems to get badly damaged, with some stems turning patchy brown or fronds looking a bit defoliated. How can I protect the plants, especially given how tall they get? A: It ...

My husband, Bill, and I were walking in the yard to the garden when we were shocked to find tiny gray caterpillars chowing down on our asparagus ferns. Many of us don’t even look this time of year as ...

It has been a bountiful year in the asparagus patch, and as the harvest starts to wind down, here are some tips from David Trinklein, of the University of Missouri Division of Plant Sciences, to ...

It has been a bountiful year in the asparagus patch, and as the harvest starts to wind down, here are some tips from David Trinklein, of the University of Missouri Division of Plant Sciences, to ...