wild asparagus

[rover brewer]

 I don't know if I spelled it right but is it OK to eat wild asparagus  there is some come up in the fence rows.

[PrimitiveTim]

pictures.

[rover brewer]

I'll have to see if I remember how to put pictures on site here but I know this I wild asparagus I have enough for a small side dish now. somehow I knew that you would be the first to respond.

[PrimitiveTim]

Here's a lengthy article.  There are foraging forums out there that will be able to help you out a lot better than anyone here.  Here's a list of foraging instructors from all over the country.  These people are insanely knowledgeable and they could tell you more than you thought possible about any edible plant.

[Pat B]

Read Uele Gibbon's, "Stalking the Wild Asparagus".

[JW_Halverson]

Read Uele Gibbon's, "Stalking the Wild Asparagus".

"Many parts of a pine tree are edible.  Tastes like bark!"

If you are seeing wild asparagus, confirm it with several sources, grin like a monkey and get it while the getting is good!  I can't get enough of the stuff, just love it lightly stir fried with onions and crumbled bacon. Or even just by itself.  I'll gorge on it until my pee looks like green Kool-Aid!

Congrats on a great find!  Oh, and yes, post pictures.  GPS coordinates are just as good, please and thank you!

[Eric Krewson]

Wild asparagus is the same as cultivated asparagus, go for it. I once lived close to a RR track that had it growing in abundance along the tracks. I heard that the crushed limestone track bed altered the acid Alabama soil ph into the perfect ph for asparagus so it thrived there.

[Zuma]

The oldtimers used to plant them along the fence rows near the houses and barns.
They are all over the place down here.
My only concern would be if the county or state road departments have sprayed the areas.
Best to get them small and tender. Yum!
Zuma

[mullet]

I hated asparagus untill I tried some growing in a ditch in Colo. I just checked today and saw what I have growing in the garden is finally coming up.

[mullet]

here you go

[JW_Halverson]

What mullet is not telling us is that he tried another Colorado ditch weed first.  Suddenly EVERYTHING tasted much better!

[rover brewer]

thanks everyone sorry it took so long for me to get back on, church and pot luck after so kids could hunt eggs. the picture mullet has is what mine looks like except mine are just starting to sprout.I have kept my eye on them since last year when I found them and they had already bolted.

[rover brewer]

thanks Tim for the article it was a good read, and there is an instructor right in Nashville. I'll have to see about get up with him.

[mullet]

RB;
When I first found them in CO., You could pick them in the AM and then again int he PM.

[stickbender]

What mullet is not telling us is that he tried another Colorado ditch weed first.  Suddenly EVERYTHING tasted much better!

  And in mass quantities! 


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