RE: Truth about leeks and asparagus.

Sue,

  I garden in raised beds also- 6 4'x8' beds.  In regards to leeks, what
spacing did you use?  I plan on planting one variety to harvest "early" and
one to winter over so that I don't get leeked out.  I am looking for a good
recipe for leek and potato soup. If I find a good one, I'll pass it along.

Beth (MD zone 7)

-----Original Message-----
From: Pesznecker, Sue [S*@lhs.org]
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 5:23 PM
To: 'veggie-list@eskimo.com'
Subject: RE: Truth about leeks and asparagus.


I haven't tried asparagus yet, but had great success with leeks last year.

My entire veggie garden was in "raised wide-row beds."  Each raised bed was
a 4 or 5 foot square.  The garden was a "tile" of these raised squares, with
a pathway in between-- kindof like a giant tic-tac-toe board.

I planted my leek starts in April, in a trench within one of the raised
beds.  Filled in the trenches as the leeks grew and ultimately blanched them
with straw.  

I didn't have any problems with drainage or rotting, probably because of the
raised beds.  

Also, because of the wide-row method, I was able to plant the leeks very
close together, and so got a huge harvest out of a relatively small space.

Question-- what does everyone do with all of their leeks?  We ate some, a
dried some (for kitchen seasoning and for backpacking meals), and the rest I
sliced and froze in 1C. portions.  Any other ideas?

Sue P.


SPesznec@lhs.org                   Milwaukie, OR.

> ----------
> From: 	Grem, Beth A
> Sent: 	Wednesday, January 13, 1999 6:46 PM
> To: 	'veggie-list@eskimo.com'
> Subject: 	Truth about leeks and asparagus.
> 
> 	
> I'm planning on growing both this year.  I've heard that asparagus does
> not
> NEED to be planted in a 12" trench. Has anyone out there planted the
> crowns
> only an few inches deep (and how were the results)?
>   How about leeks?  If they start out in a trench in spring, don't they
> drown in spring rainstorms??
> 
> Beth (MD)
>
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