Planting ASPARAGUS for an Abundant Future Harvest

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  • Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
  • We plant 35 large asparagus crowns to add to the 15 plants we grew from seed last year.
    Asparagus are a perennial vegetable that can keep producing for 20 years or more.
    Asparagus prefer soil conditions that are neutral to slightly acidic.
    Our soil is quite acidic and we show how we amend it.

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  • @ruthconstantino6861
    @ruthconstantino6861 Год назад +3

    I loved the circularity of your lovely admission of not feeing like working, taking in the pretty, then re-excitedly ready to take on working again. 💖

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +1

      I often say it, Ruth. Then I get up, put my big girl pants on and start again 😘

  • @jamesconran9871
    @jamesconran9871 Год назад +2

    Always inspiring. Production quality improving all the time too. Love your show

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +1

      Thanks, James. Appreciate the feedback too. 😊

  • @monalingan9523
    @monalingan9523 Год назад +1

    Your gardening fascinates me. 😊

  • @hatcherhollerhoodlum4418
    @hatcherhollerhoodlum4418 Год назад +4

    Meraid just gets more lovely with every video!!! Hard work keeps you both young an interesting I'm hooked 👍🏻keep on filming vitamin D is the best...

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +3

      Thank you. I think it’s your lovely comments that help ☺️

  • @simoneclarke5104
    @simoneclarke5104 Год назад

    I think I would just want to sit there and look at everything as well! With a glass of wine or cup of coffee😁. Such a beautiful view💖

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад

      We drink the coffee ☕️ in the mornings and those breaks can end up taking longer than planned. We love sitting there and look forward to the day we can sit there together with a glass of wine. Better still, our own wine. ☺️

  • @davidwilson1043
    @davidwilson1043 Год назад +14

    "Sometimes I don't want work, sometimes I just want to sit and look at how pretty it is" ahh a touch of wisdom.

    • @tisaninhacerveiraesteves7579
      @tisaninhacerveiraesteves7579 Год назад +1

      Parabéns pelo vosso trabalho, estou aprendendo com vocês, essa técnica com os cartões para não deixar vir as ervas ruins é boa ,!vocês são muito fixes! Um abraço.

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +1

      Obrigados e abraços 🤗

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +1

      It’s true 😂

  • @foxbat888
    @foxbat888 Год назад +2

    A beautiful vegetable garden

  • @offgridwanabe
    @offgridwanabe Год назад +1

    A lot of work for the little green sticks but they do taste so wonderful

  • @owenp65
    @owenp65 Год назад

    Those crowns look good, i'd say the same size as mine were last year. I did take a small harvest off them a few weeks ago as i said i would. Oh my god! Best taste sensation ever. 😅😅. I dare not go near them again this season or i'll have none left.
    Another brilliant update.

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +1

      I’m glad you picked a few, Owen. I’d call it a little motivation for looking after the plants in the future. All the best for next year’s harvest. 👍

    • @owenp65
      @owenp65 Год назад

      Haha, that's true, I like that. Motivation for future harvests, and the same to you guys as well. 👍🏼

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад

      👍

  • @paulettebarber7219
    @paulettebarber7219 Год назад +1

    Everything is looking fabulous! My gardening is coming along slowly as I have to buy planter boxes and soil ground much too rocky to grow in takes a strong man and pick ax to get a small hole dug! 🤣 so I enjoy watch your garden endeavors.
    How are plans going on your house restoration?

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +2

      Still waiting on the licence. 2 weeks is rarely two weeks here but we’re used to it now 😂

    • @paulettebarber7219
      @paulettebarber7219 Год назад +1

      @@NearbyVeggies HaHa! I know about two weeks, my son is a plumber so it’s always two weeks.

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +1

      Ha ha 😆

  • @philb8654
    @philb8654 Год назад +2

    Wow asparagus takes a long time 😮

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +1

      It sure does and it’s worth the wait 😊

    • @kojiikokoaka_jun34
      @kojiikokoaka_jun34 Год назад

      3 years I’ve been told not to pick them must let them grow and die and after the 3rd year you will get so many of them

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад

      Yes, that’s true 👍

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak Год назад +2

    If we’re planting older crowns ie 3 year crowns. Can we straightaway eat those shoots?

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад

      We would suggest letting your asparagus crowns rest for a year after planting, so no picking in the first year no matter how old the crowns are. Take a few in the second year and full harvest in the years after that. 👍

    • @RayMak
      @RayMak Год назад +1

      @@NearbyVeggies I’m in a hot climate country similar to Florida. Does that make a difference?

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +1

      We’re also hot, and dry here in central Portugal.

    • @RayMak
      @RayMak Год назад +1

      @@NearbyVeggies I see. So let the crown to rest first and have some bushes first? Since the asparagus will turn into those bushes

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +1

      Yes, let the crown rest and gather strength to grow ferns which in turn will strengthen the crowns. 👍

  • @bluelilly22222
    @bluelilly22222 Год назад +1

  • @laszlonesimon4324
    @laszlonesimon4324 Год назад

    Wunderbar 😊😊 bravo

  • @stephenjdixon1
    @stephenjdixon1 Год назад

    perpetual spinach is great cooked. Can be not easy to get rid of if you ever want to

  • @MargieMistretta-c9m
    @MargieMistretta-c9m Год назад

    An electric fence would be a smart addition across where the wildlife comes through cause if tgey haven't found the veggies they will

  • @mandyshort9278
    @mandyshort9278 Год назад

    Were have you been not seeing much of you lately

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад

      We’ve been here, all along. Posting videos and waiting for you to appear 😊

  • @alexandremichelgeorgesstie7053

    Have you tested the land, PH and others?

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад

      What are the ‘others’?

    • @amgstiernon1
      @amgstiernon1 Год назад

      Permaculture is an approach to land management and settlement design that adopts arrangements observed in flourishing natural ecosystems

    • @amgstiernon1
      @amgstiernon1 Год назад

      Permaculture is an approach to land management and settlement design that adopts arrangements observed in flourishing natural ecosystems

    • @amgstiernon1
      @amgstiernon1 Год назад

      You might want to check permaculture, if you have no yet done so?

    • @amgstiernon1
      @amgstiernon1 Год назад

      Permaculture has many branches including ecological design, ecological engineering, regenerative design, environmental design, and construction. It also includes integrated water resources management, sustainable architecture, and regenerative and self-maintained habitat and agricultural systems modeled from natural ecosystems.[5][6

  • @heidiedwards4160
    @heidiedwards4160 Год назад

    Os asparagos 😅

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад

      It was super hot 🥵 Heidi. Let’s hope they do well.

  • @irmelieija
    @irmelieija Год назад +5

    Just loving your good spirited videos. ❤

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak Год назад +2

    Thank you! I love asparagus

  • @roselynwilliams2
    @roselynwilliams2 Год назад +7

    Asparagus, my favorite vegetable! You two work so well together.

  • @JayDee-ck4op
    @JayDee-ck4op Год назад +3

    Good morning Mr&Mrs Veggie.
    Another wonderful look through the lense of your beautiful garden life.
    Everything starting to spring in to action 🤠 🤠

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +2

      It sure is getting better looking 👍🤠🤠

  • @joanharkin6540
    @joanharkin6540 Год назад +2

    What wonderful video!! I'll be watching you now !! Thanks!!

  • @danyoutube7491
    @danyoutube7491 Год назад +2

    @6:30 Breaking Bud? Better Call Soil! I was thinking at first that you'd surely made a mistake planting the crowns at the bottom of the little trench rather than on the ridge as you would in England, but I suppose in the hotter climate you have there they would not get enough water on the ridge? Good work, if most or all of those crowns survive then you'll have plenty of asparagus in the years to come.

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +3

      You’re a good laugh 😆. Better call Saul. I wish I’d thought of that one. A couple of inches of soil cover doesn’t cut it here, Dan. We grew them from small crowns the size of a tarantula in England in the ridge thing and they were great. They like moisture and it sure gets hot and dry here. There are big trees to the west ( where we sat for a break in the video) and this will give a bit of protection from the hottest part of the day here which is maybe 5pm. We’re still hoping for rain.

  • @maggiemorgan8422
    @maggiemorgan8422 Год назад +2

    I could feel how tired you both were by the end! The music was very evocative, like a western at one point! X

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +1

      We sure were tired. It was 30C that weekend. 😅

  • @yasnaampuero5967
    @yasnaampuero5967 Год назад +2

    Hola soy nueva en su canal me gusta mucho,pero no entiendo lo q dicen podrían colocar subtitulo al Español,porfa😊saludos desde Santiago de Chile

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +3

      Activar as legendas e a tradução automática para espanhol. Temos legendas. 😊

  • @ianandresen2326
    @ianandresen2326 Год назад +3

    Nice video! Thank you. Over here we have another 20 days before we can safely plant! Had a little bit of frost last night! You guys are reving me up to get started!

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +1

      Enjoy the breathing space before it all starts growing crazy. 😊

  • @Susan.I
    @Susan.I Год назад +3

    I love asparagus!!!! You both work so hard and your garden grows so very well!!

  • @cogwheel5287
    @cogwheel5287 Год назад +1

    Awesome stuff. Did you guys think about getting some volunteers to help you? Woofing?

  • @alexandremichelgeorgesstie7053
    @alexandremichelgeorgesstie7053 Год назад +1

    You will need, eventually, a goat, a lamb or a cow to help you eat Al that grass and weeds. Perhaps , under certain conditions; you can rent/exchange grass for cheese, as one of you is a vegetarian?

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +1

      We have goats come in to browse the land and we get heaps of manure in exchange. 😊👍

  • @poosmate
    @poosmate Год назад +1

    You both work so hard, it will absolutely be all worth it in the end. Take care, Poo

  • @oldgold5848
    @oldgold5848 Год назад +4

    I grew my asparagus from seed and it is still going well 15 years plus later. I give mine some ash as well, and a good top dress with comfrey leaves

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +1

      We are going to move some comfrey into the asparagus enclosure so we have some nearby to give to them. We’re expanding the comfrey this year as it’s now establishing well. Ours is bocking 14 which doesn’t spread easily and grows from root cuttings. 👍

    • @oldgold5848
      @oldgold5848 Год назад +1

      @@NearbyVeggies great stuff. I make comfrey tea for the Veggies as well, great for powering the crowns up after harvesting.

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад

      Yes, that’s great stuff.

  • @anngavey205
    @anngavey205 Год назад +1

    Did you ever think of getting a bee hive?

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +2

      We did, but we are too close to another bee keeper. We do get his honey 🍯 😊

  • @markdawsonbruce4457
    @markdawsonbruce4457 Год назад +1

    Never enough hours in the day😊

  • @SimpleLivingOkinawa
    @SimpleLivingOkinawa Год назад +2

    It will be nice to follow along and see how the seed grown ones compare to those grown from crowns. Now you need a goat to make your own cheese to go with your future asparagus spears and home-grown olive oil 😍

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +2

      Our neighbours have milking goats which is used to make wonderful cheese. 😊

  • @nancyspence2965
    @nancyspence2965 Год назад +3

    Well done on giving your asparagus plenty of space😊

  • @zlatahume3134
    @zlatahume3134 Год назад +1

    I watched video from some monastery in Japan and the cooked the bracken spears as a veg, I wonder what it taste like, have you tried it?😊

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +1

      Our bracken is a different type I think from what you mention. Fiddle something or other? To answer your question, I haven’t tried them. I’ll wait for you to post your verdict 🤭

    • @ruthconstantino6861
      @ruthconstantino6861 Год назад

      @@NearbyVeggies Fiddle head fern. Picked when still coiled and young, it's tender and a bit crunchy. I've had it sauteed in coconut milk and garlic.

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +1

      That’s the one ☝️ Thanks Ruth, I’m feeling a bit peckish now 😊

  • @anamagalhaes7571
    @anamagalhaes7571 Год назад +1

    👏👏👏💪💪

  • @coby6417
    @coby6417 Год назад +1

    💐🌟🍀👍👏

  • @asc3184
    @asc3184 Год назад +1

    Your property is looking nicer and nicer. But you guys have invested a lot of effort. I got a backache just watching this latest video of yours. Like you said; you have to work to make it prettier. I hope ur vision comes out as you envision it! Continued good wishes for you guys.

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +1

      It might surprise you, but I don’t have a particular vision. I just see myself wandering around picking fruit and vegetables every where ( but especially nearby veggies) ☺️

    • @asc3184
      @asc3184 Год назад +1

      @Nearby Veggies LOL that is a vision in itself ! And i hope u come to see it pass!

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +1

      Indeed. 👍

    • @asc3184
      @asc3184 Год назад +1

      @Nearby Veggies i enjoy your videos and hearing your thoughts.

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +1

      Thanks so much. 👍

  • @anniemac3075
    @anniemac3075 Год назад +1

    You've officially planted a consortium of octopuses as that's the word for a group of 🐙 🐙.
    🤗 🦑🐙

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад +2

      That is the best thing I’ve learned this week. Thank you 😊 🐙

  • @bergannon6585
    @bergannon6585 Год назад +1

    I am interested to see how the asparagus grows. I understand why it's a more expensive veg to buy because I know how much time and care it takes to grow. Can I ask how much you paid for the trailer of mulch?

  • @suemcfarlane4199
    @suemcfarlane4199 Год назад

    Where I am in australia the saw mills have so much they nearly pay you to take it away

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад

      That’s a great resource to get for free. 👍

  • @marcosfigueiredo8515
    @marcosfigueiredo8515 Год назад

    It takes a lot of work to plant asparagus. I don't know why it isn't planted in Brazil, where anything is born. What we have here comes from Peru and is very expensive. Waiting for videos about home renovation😁. The property is becoming quite productive. a good week. direct from Rio de Janeiro

    • @NearbyVeggies
      @NearbyVeggies  Год назад

      It’s a long term vegetable so worth the effort. Asparagus isn’t widely grown in Portugal either but I think it’s down to the practice of growing what you know you like. Here, people successfully grow many plants which need little attention. And in our locality it’s mostly small subsistence farms. Wise people.
      Could you grow asparagus, Marcos? Or is seed or crowns hard to find. 😊

    • @marcosfigueiredo8515
      @marcosfigueiredo8515 Год назад

      @@NearbyVeggies I live in an apartment in the city of Rio de Janeiro. I could even try to plant in a vase, but at the moment it is not possible. appreciate your attention. I've never had news of anyone growing aspargus here in Brazil. for the first time, due to your video I saw how it is done.

  • @fantasmasnolaboratorio
    @fantasmasnolaboratorio Год назад

    lots of sun block guys, stay strong, you got this.

  • @laszlonesimon4324
    @laszlonesimon4324 Год назад

    😊😊