Good to know about the mulch. I have a small patch in the garden. Not big enough to do much with yet but next year for sure. Usually, I pick a piece and munch on it when I’m out there.
In my back yard I have a patch of wild asparague. I do the same thing when cutting the grass. That silly patch sits in the middle of that part of my yard. Was there when I moved in. You’ll find (in case you didn’t know) the hotter the weather the faster it grows. The farm had an old, large patch of it. I use to like to cut it at about 6-8 inches. Some days I’d cut in the morning and take to work for an asparagus lover and if it was a hot summer day, I could cut again in the evening. Weather cools, its growth slows down a bit. The farm was 100 years old so I don’t know how old the plants were.