Glorious Asparagus season again

Asparagus season is here again, time to celebrate and gorge! We have many recipes for cooking ideas, if you have a favourite not listed please email us with your recipe and we will include your name in our recipe section.

Asparagus is the champion of local food. It should really be eaten within 2 hours of picking as once picked it begins to go 'stringy' as the sugars turn to starch. And the more local the better, if you can buy direct from the farmer it should be fresher and cheaper as the middle man and retailer margins are cut out.

To find your local Asparagus click here to search our Asparagus map or if you want really fresh Asparagus for the next 20 years (starting in 2 years) grow your own and plant some crowns in the next 2 weeks.

Asparagus is now up on farms from west to east, so we can all buy local for a delicious everyday feast.

Comments

Posted by John Pawlyn on 2nd 2010f May, 2010 @ 7:25pm:

There is a good asparagus grower at Polebrook, nr Oundle. but dont know his name

Posted by Charlotte Barry on 15th 2010f May, 2010 @ 7:39pm:

Cornish Asparagus http://www.cornish-asparagus.co.uk/at Sladesbridge near Wadebridge in north Cornwall sell freshly-picked asparagus at the farm gate. Please add to your map!

Posted by John Hall on 25th 2010f May, 2010 @ 6:48am:

I went to a supermarket the other day to buy asparagus but found they only had peruvian.

Posted by Carol Sims on 25th 2010f May, 2010 @ 6:51am:

My husband grows asparagus and was very worried by the recent frosts as it makes the tops of the plants bend over. This of course means they are rejected by the supermarket

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