By Amy Grant Asparagus is a wonderful perennial veggie to add to the home garden which has been cultivated for more than 2,000 years both for culinary and medicinal use. A versatile vegetable, asparagus can be eaten fresh, raw or cooked, or frozen or canned. Keep in mind that a little patience is required before you can dive into your culinary masterpieces. It takes a couple of years of ferning out in asparagus before you can harvest it. What is ferning out and why does asparagus fern out? What is Ferning Out? Ferning out in asparagus is sometimes confused with asparagus bolt. Many veggies will bolt during lengthy periods of hot weather. Meaning that plants such as lettuce, broccoli or even rhubarb prematurely send up a flower stalk indicating the plant is finished for the season and has gone to seed. Asparagus bolt is really an incorrect term to describe what is
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