I may have to try pickling it. We started picking in April this year, which is early for Missouri, but we had such a warm February and March that all the plants got confused. We then had a cold dry snap in late April and the first part of this month and the asparagus slowed down. We still got several pounds, and had more than we really wanted to eat. I really like that Ohio State site for asparagus. When I started to plant our first bed about five years ago, I had heard all kinds of stuff about the complicated "best" way to plant the crowns. Then I read that site, and it basically says to dig a shallow trench, throw in some super phosphate, and then drop in the crowns. Cover them up and go away. Now that's my kind of planting!

Chuck