Spring weather! What a treat, huh? Snow, rain, sun, wind, hmmmm. I
guess we had better hold off on planting up that vegetable bed for
another week or so. I am still contemplating a quick trip to perma-warm
Mexico, so it is just as well I can’t don those kneepads and rubber
boots just yet.
It is a little difficult planning spring menus in the Rocky Mountains.
The safest bet right now, vegetable-wise, is asparagus. Those hearty
little rhizomes will grow out of any condition when spring tells them
to rise. We have been eating them fresh from the picking for a couple
of weeks now and we should see them well into June with luck.
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