A Spare Asparagus

Little known fact:  Asparagus is very happy growing in the wild and I am very happy to let it grow in the wild.  Of all the vegetables that we eat routinely, asparagus is one that I do not grow on the farm, but we eat a ton of it during its season. 

This last Sunday, my teenaged son practiced his driving while chauffeuring me around the country roads to pick asparagus that grows wild in the ditches.  The hardest part is simply remembering where it grows so that you can pick it before the buds open and it becomes woody, but year after year, it is always in the same spots and other than having to sometimes brave stinging nettle or poison ivy, it is easy pickings for all asparagus lovers. 

The hunter/gatherer in me is alive and well and happily eating wild caught asparagus.