I believe this is the finest way to grow asparagus. I have 2 years
experience with this concrete block method especially with asparagus.
This year I am experimenting with strawberries via the concrete block
method. But with asparagus I have ample experience. I started using
concrete block on asparagus to locate them where I had planted them and
so I put a 16"x8"x8" block with one hole over the asparagus so I would
not mow it while mowing. But now I have those asparagus of 2 to 3 years
old and I just keep the block there because when I weed I just lift the
block and weed out the grasses. And during the summer months when the
asparagus is tall and bush like I put a wire tomato cage around the
asparagus using the block as a additional support so the asparagus bush
is not blown down in a wind storm.

So I believe the concrete block method is the finest and world's best
means of growing asparagus.

The only trouble I have with the block is that ants like to use them
also so I use the thinnest edge to set on the ground. And I am vigilant
for any ants that want to colonize any block.

If I had not used block for the past 3 years for my asparagus, they
would have all be lost to the brome and quackgrasses for they are in a
ditch that is infested with brome and quack grasses but those asparagus
are now beginning to take over from the grasses all thanks due to the
concrete block.

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