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Steam into asparagus season aboard the Asparagus Express!

9th April 2024 Alex Bestwick News

A festival dedicated to asparagus is holding a unique launch event – on a steam train! The Asparagus Express at Broadway in 2018. Credit: Wychavon District Council The two month celebration of all things asparagus kicks off on St George’s Day, heralding the arrival of the beloved green spear to the Vale of Evesham in Worcestershire. The British Asparagus Festival…

Grow your own: Asparagus

3rd March 2023 Web Editor Fruit & Veg Growing Guides

Asparagus is one of the few perennial vegetables (those which come up year after year) and is one of the most highly prized – a true delicacy. It grows from thick spidery roots which act as the storage organs in winter when the plant dies back. In early spring the first young shoots to grow from these roots are harvested…

Spring’s crowning glory

17th April 2019 Steve Ott News

It’s National Asparagus Day on April 23, so to celebrate, why not make space for some crowns in your garden, says KG editor, Steve Ott At this time of year we are all in the process of filling our plots with short-lived and fast-growing annual vegetables and salads, but it is worth saving some space for the slow-burners of the…

Podcast 51: Grow your own Asparagus

15th March 2019 Rachel Atkins Podcast

The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. With Asparagus so expensive to buy, why not invest in growing your own – all you need is a bit of time, space and patience for long-term rewards. Written by Tony Flanagan, read by Rachel Atkins. This episode is supported by the Garden Prong…

Podcast 33: Grow your own tea!

11th March 2018 Steve Ott Podcast

The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. In episode 33, Steve, Emma and Tony take a look at adding colour to your garden with dahlias, growing your own tea, salad varieties and asparagus. They discuss reducing the use of plastic on the plot, and introduce the potato bag challenge – all…

Podcast 20: Jobs for the month – June

9th June 2017 Rachel Atkins Podcast

The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. Welcome to episode 20! Rachel Atkins talks you though tasks for your vegetable patch in June, including protect pea shoots, cut asparagus, pinch out broad beans, planting leek seedlings plus much more!…

Podcast 4: July 2016 Jobs this month on the veg patch

24th June 2016 Steve Ott Podcast

The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast is here, packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. July 2016: Ten minute jobs, harvest broad beans, feed asparagus, net brassicas, pick mangetout, thin apples and much more!…

Tender Asparagus Scrambled Eggs

15th April 2016 Anna Pettigrew Recipes

Add seasonal asparagus to your brunch menu for something a little special. SERVES 4 • A knob of butter • 8 eggs, lightly beaten • 1 tsp chopped fresh curly parsley or chives • 4 slices of rustic bread, toasted and buttered • 12 asparagus, trimmed and blanched until just tender 1. Add the butter to a pan, pour in…

Roasted Lemon Asparagus

11th April 2016 Anna Pettigrew Recipes

A healthy and easy side dish of fresh asparagus, perfect to serve alongside many main courses. SERVES 4 • 1 bunch of asparagus • 1 lemon, sliced • 1 tbsp olive oil • Salt and pepper to taste 1. Preheat oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 6. 2. Prep asparagus shoots, and arrange them together with the lemon slices on a lined…

Asparagus and Wild Garlic Frittata

30th March 2016 Steve Ott Blog, Recipes

As British asparagus season dawns, Lucy Burton shares her recipe for frittata success, and a quick and easy lunch to boot Delicate asparagus, in its luscious green glory, likes to keep us guessing. Unlike the more reliable staples of the vegetable patch, the start of asparagus season can be a little unpredictable, although early crops tend to appear in late…