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Perennial Vegetables

I’m very interested in the idea of perennial gardens because I like the idea of having a garden that just comes up each year. Hard to argue with that idea, at least if you’re me :). To that end, I want to make a list of ‘perennial vegetables’. I know that rhubarb and asparagus are perennial. I also know that hostas are edible, although I currently feel a bit shy about eating them. Dandelions are also a perennial candidate. This Michigan company has some perennial vegetables available. I like their quote about their strain of asparagus: “The original plants were wild and surrounded by quackgrass. The asparagus was winning. Our 80 year old neighbor lady is occasionally seen jumping the fence to pick our asparagus. Memo to self: Give some asparagus plants to our neighbor rather than the pole vault.”

posted at 00:28 on Tue, 24 May, 2005 | path: /living



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