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Re: mounding asparagus

I think that "mounding" may be a reference to the practice of continually
heaping dirt over the spears as they emerge. Some people consider the
resulting blanched spears to be a delicacy. Now, I've never grown asparagus,
but my father is from Spain and I've seen asparagus fields in the north with
those heaps of dirt for forming fat, white, tender spears.

Happy gardening!

- Anna V. in Zone 7
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