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tomakers · March 2, 2011

It's wild in many northern states I believe. When I was a child my grandmother would take us for a ride to get wild asparagus. She would tell us to watch out the windows and yell when we saw some. I suspect she knew exactly where it was as we never seemed to ride that long without finding some. It WAS quite common to find it growing along the road or in overgrown fields. I still harvest some from my FIL's field. It's been there at least 50 years and probably much longer. I get some tremendous spears. Thick as 2 thumbs, my grandma would say. Sadly I don't see it much along the roads any longer. Probably too much road improvement. Most of the roads were dirt or just oiled at the time(late 1940's and early 50's).
Tom

March 2, 2011	#21
tomakers Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cranberry Country, SE MA - zone 6? Posts: 353	It's wild in many northern states I believe. When I was a child my grandmother would take us for a ride to get wild asparagus. She would tell us to watch out the windows and yell when we saw some. I suspect she knew exactly where it was as we never seemed to ride that long without finding some. It WAS quite common to find it growing along the road or in overgrown fields. I still harvest some from my FIL's field. It's been there at least 50 years and probably much longer. I get some tremendous spears. Thick as 2 thumbs, my grandma would say. Sadly I don't see it much along the roads any longer. Probably too much road improvement. Most of the roads were dirt or just oiled at the time(late 1940's and early 50's). Tom __________________ I never met a fish I didn't like.