[goat granny]

If your patch started out with just the root stock, it takes a couple of years to get a good crop. The first shoots will only be the size of a pencil, still tasty but not too much for a large harvest.

I had a neighbor when I had the farm that drove down country roads looking for asparagus fern and dug up mature plants. He didn't have much patiences to wait for a new patch to produce. You can find it growing wild if you know what to look for...

[antceecee]

My Memere had a neighbor that grew asparagus ... it seemed to me it took a couple of years and then he and his wife had a good crop. They had a veritable farm in their backyard. Great people... Mr and Mrs Reader.... First time I have thought about them in since childhood thanks to this thread. Good reason to support FR!

[bgill]

Yes, I’ve had asparagus patches off and on so I’m patient. Hubby doesn’t like it so it’s alllll mine! It doesn’t grow wild in my part of Texas. However, I’ve been known to drive down back roads and pick mustang grapes (gloves are a MUST), prickly pear cactus and algerita berries for jelly.