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A sampler of vegetables
• String Bean, Green Bean (Bean, Snap)
• Corn
• Cucumber
• Melon, Muskmelon, Cantaloupe
• Pepper
• Squash
• Tomato
• Beet
• Broccoli
• Cabbage
• Carrot
• Lettuce
• Pea
• Spinach
• Asparagus
• Rhubarb
 
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Asparagus
Michael S. Thompson
Asparagus
Asparagus
All you need to know about growing asparagus in your garden

• Perennial
• Zones 1-24, 29-45
• Full sun
• Lots of water

Because asparagus takes 3 years from seed to harvest, most people plant 1-year-old crowns, available from nurseries or mail-order catalogs in late winter. Space crowns 1 1/2 feet apart in rows 3 to 6 feet apart.