tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74766942962019506172012-02-16T00:41:25.064-08:00D.O.G. Blognoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476694296201950617.post-39318851814268989412008-05-21T09:56:00.000-07:002008-12-13T03:18:38.134-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NsN5CtXcIW4/SDRVTKC7CDI/AAAAAAAAAAU/hHI6O_w3Opo/s1600-h/AsparagusOHN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NsN5CtXcIW4/SDRVTKC7CDI/AAAAAAAAAAU/hHI6O_w3Opo/s400/AsparagusOHN.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202877257122252850" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Durst Organic Growers Asparagus</span></span><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-size:24px;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7476694296201950617-3931885181426898941?l=durstasparagus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>D.O.G. Blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476694296201950617.post-81700546553439091192008-05-13T13:59:00.000-07:002009-02-13T14:06:14.332-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NsN5CtXcIW4/SZXt4W5s4kI/AAAAAAAAANU/BPudAhTa1rs/s1600-h/Asparagus+Clip+Art.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NsN5CtXcIW4/SZXt4W5s4kI/AAAAAAAAANU/BPudAhTa1rs/s320/Asparagus+Clip+Art.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302405688774681154" /></a><br /><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Asparagus is a long-lasting perennial plant (about 15 to 20</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">years) that requires about three years from time of planting to establish permanent roots and produce quality spears. The plants are most commonly grown from one-year-old crowns (an underground stem from which the spears shoot), providing a crop more quickly than if grown from seed. The edible stalks are shoots that develop into fern-like plants in warmer temperatures if uncut. Asparagus requires a period of dormancy. This dormancy occurs naturally in California during winter when cooler temperatures inhibit plant growth. In the first year, it is</span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> essential for ferns to develop and for the spears to not be harvested in order for the roots to develop.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></p> <!--EndFragment--><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7476694296201950617-8170054655343909119?l=durstasparagus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>D.O.G. Blognoreply@blogger.com0