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With Silver Bells and Cockle Shells

May 12, 2011

And Asparagus Stalks All Over the Messy Row.

Mary, Mary would have a hard time with this stage of the garden. Let me illustrate:

9 am:

4 pm:

And finally, at 9 pm, right before I picked it:

And, no, I didn’t touch the ruler all day. Isn’t that amazing? I marvel every year in astonishment.

And then I go running around trying to unload asparagus on everyone I know. I should note that not two hours after my last writing when I finished with…

*now would be a convenient time for all you locals to conveniently stop by to drop off some fictitious object and casually ask for a ‘garden tour.’

…my friend Michelle’s husband showed up with 6 pallets for Charlie’s soon-to-be Airsoft gun war (God help me) and left with about a pound of asparagus. So, call me what you will, but don’t call me a liar.

Here is another astonishing thing I found in the garden last week:

Lettuce seedlings!

Last September, I re-seeded lettuce with plans for a fall crop. They never germinated. I couldn’t believe that it was because the weather was still too hot, because it was September, and only weeks away from the first frost. I never figured it out.

And then they germinated. Eight months and about 1000″ of snow later. I guess it was too hot. So yeah, I’ll be enjoying some early garden lettuce.

…and not much else, since I haven’t gotten anything else planted yet.

Maybe I can eat toasted woodticks sprinkled on top of my garden lettuce. I seem to have a lot of them hanging around my office.

For some reason, I imagine they would taste a lot like pine nuts. And they’re a lot cheaper, too.

Filed Under: Garden Tagged With: asparagus, spring, Lettuce, woodtick

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  1. laurie says

    May 12, 2011 at 1:46 pm

    I would like some asparagus when I see you. I have enough woodticks, thank you.

  2. admin says

    May 12, 2011 at 1:52 pm

    yes, yes. That’s what EVERYONE SAYS. But you must come to me. You must come to me. And ye shall see thy reward.

  3. Sheila says

    May 13, 2011 at 1:01 pm

    That’s an amazing visual with the ruler. I did not knwo it grew that fast!

  4. Kelly says

    May 23, 2011 at 6:10 am

    Hi Jennie,

    What a gorgeous post! All in a day; pretty amazing indeed. Wish I lived close by to benefit from some of your garden fresh veggies.

    Enjoy,
    Kelly.

  5. Jami says

    June 23, 2011 at 2:55 pm

    sigh. you’re going to make me grow asparagus aren’t you? Ready in May huh? Just about the time of Girl Scout Camporee, end of school year madness and random high-maintenance work software spikes (for some unknown reason). Well why not.

    I need some more posts about crafts and things you make. Are you canning this year? I’m on a low carb thing and I want to can, but I’m nervous. Knowing how much I sample. And forget sugar free anything in a jar – what is the point of that nonsense?!

  6. admin says

    July 18, 2011 at 6:31 am

    I’d love to have more posts… This summer has been insane (see most recent post on 7/17)…BUT NOT CRAFTS!! I am not a craft person. Have you ever stumbled upon howaboutorange.com? LOVE IT! I only can what I’ve posted here: salsa, raspberry jam and apple jelly. I’ve also made pickled beans, eggplant and asparagus, but those jars just seem to collect dust, so I’m done with that. Hopefully I will have a big enough crop to do it this year — our weather has been abysmal.

  7. reid stefan – sweet drop bro (original mix) [dutchhm] [vk.com/ dutchsound] says

    September 28, 2016 at 3:37 pm

    Respect to article author, some fantastic entropy.

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I’m a mostly-retired, pretend graphics and web developer (but don’t judge my skillz by THIS site!). We sold our dream home in Watertown, MN and downsized to a “Villa” in Excelsior, MN and built a home in our dream location of Eagle, CO and now split our time between the two states. It is truly a dichotomous life of absentee gardening and getting together with friends & family while in MN and playing hard and hermitting while in CO. I’ve let the blog go but a trip to Alaska has me resurrecting the Road Warriors series. My beloved brother is my biggest fan and I am doing this just for him.

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