June 4: Strawberries and Asparagus

June 4, 2013:  SO much has grown since I last posted two weeks ago on May 23.  When I look at the photos from then, compared to now, I am amazed!  Most importantly, I have finally managed to weed the two awful perennial plots at the top of the garden--the asparagus and the 2010 strawberry patch.  "Weed" is a relative word here----since I was working around the plants---the asparagus because despite the weeds, it's bountiful year after weedy year, and the strawberries, because even thought I intend to dig them up and plant corn and cucumbers, I couldn't bear to destroy them right as they were about to bear luscious red berries.  So I'll plant the corn and cukes int he greenhouse in pots, and wait 2-3 weeks to dig up the plot!  Here's the strawberry plot now:

These strawberries from the old plants look --and taste--so good!  Of course, compared to the new strawberry plot's abundance, these are few in number.   There are so so many on the way in the new plot.  Here's an example:

The asparagus was a much bigger challenge.   The plot is perhaps 7 years old.   It is totally intertwined with tough tough grass and huge dandelions, plus bindweed and other assorted weeds.   The weeds have grown HUGE in the past 2 weeks as I've been busy getting the rest of the garden planted.   And if I dig, I hurt the asparagus roots.  So I mostly broke off the weeds, digging as little as possible.   I didn't take a "before" picutre, but this is halfway through the plot:

And this is when I'm finished!

 I'd love to start over some day with a new asparagus plot, but on the other hand, this one keeps yielding great asparagus.  Every day or two I pick another dozen spears.

     So much more is happening in the garden, but posts and more photos will have to wait a day or two...