Foraging for Wild Asparagus! (AND something I've never seen before!)

Foraging for asparagus is one of my favourite spring time activities...there is nothing like the sweet taste of this wild edible steamed, roasted or grilled smothered in butter! The season to harvest wild asparagus is quite short, so it's a race to get out there and comb the fence rows and ditches each year before they all go to seed!
Come along with me as I show you my favourite picking spots and give you a few tips along the way!
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[@kathi7956]

Thank you for the video, Alana. It was very informative. The wild asparagus we have in Italy is much, much thinner but extremely flavorful. Every Spring I see the older women from the village foraging. It's nice to see that you are carrying the tradition forward!

[@prizak9168]

Two things I loved about this video - 1. The cute pic of ur daughter with the flowers u picked for her and 2. Showing us the male and female flowers and explaining about them, studied about em during school. Informative 👍🏻 thank you.

[@alanacawker-therusticwife]

Good morning and Happy Sunday! Thank you very much for watching and for your lovely message...this made my day! Take care and enjoy the rest of the weekend! 🌻

[@prizak9168]

@@alanacawker-therusticwife 🍫 you too :)

[@emmamme8090]

This is amazing, thank you for sharing this wonderful experience with us esp since its a cherished memory with your mum

[@alanacawker-therusticwife]

Good morning! Thank you very much for watching and for your very kind message! I have so many lovely memories with my Mom and it is nice to share...she certainly was an angel on earth as she is in Heaven too! Take care and have a wonderful day! 🌺

[@enfelice]

I picked a bunch yesterday up here in Bergalnd, Ontario on a side road in the ditch. So tasty and satisying, foraging for wild asparagus, as you well know. No poison ivy just a lot of deer ticks this year so far, in that particular ditch. Your thoughtful gift of the Lilly of the Valley flowers for your daughter brought back fond memories, thankyou. Those werre impressive looking male asparagus plants at your last stop.

[@frenchcountryorchard]

This was so beautiful, Alana. Your mom is definitely with you while you forage for asparagus in your spot, such beautiful memories 💚

[@alanacawker-therusticwife]

Hi Leah! Thank you so much...I feel like she is with me too! She loved to root around foraging...she was a wonderful lady who taught me so much! ❤️

[@JouyacrossAmerica]

As a child my father would take me foraging for them In Iowa and Montana. Good memories

[@alanacawker-therusticwife]

Hi there...thank you for sharing your fond memories gathering asparagus with your Dad! It reminds me of my Mom too ❤ Thank you for watching and I hope you have a great day!

[@renasrenaissance8691]

Love this!

[@alanacawker-therusticwife]

Hi Rena! Thank you so much! I love foraging for wild edibles and asparagus is likely my favourite!

[@MBHeritageFarms]

Good info, Have a good weekend

[@alanacawker-therusticwife]

Thank you very much!! You have a lovely weekend as well!

[@redroofhoney9389]

The asparagus trees at the end are amazing. I’ve never seen anything like it.

[@alanacawker-therusticwife]

Hi Lisa! Aren't they crazy? I have never seen plants that big before!

[@terrenceishere4215]

Watching from Singapore

[@alanacawker-therusticwife]

Good morning! Thank you so much for watching and it is a pleasure to have a visitor from Singapore! Have a lovely day!

[@tmillertube]

Not sure why I just realized it grows wild. New adventure.

[@alanacawker-therusticwife]

Hi Terry! Yes...it is quite a fun adventure, with tasty rewards too! Good luck this season...I hope you hit the asparagus jackpot! Have a great evening!

[@johntodd6001]

Thanks for the video asparagus is awesome I always seized it a little bit and put it on a cookie Pan pee Pan and put it in the oven With a little Olive oil drizzles over it

[@alanacawker-therusticwife]

Good morning John! Happy Sunday to you and everyone there! It sounds to me like I need to visit so you can cook me supper! 😄 Thank you again and have a great day! Say hi to Helen!

[@davidmuise388]

Wow Alana again another awesome amazing video so very knowledgeable you definitely are amazing ………. Do you ever gather wild mint ???? Or do you grow your own….. we used to gather it as kids and dad would tie it up in bunches and hang it in the back kitchen just let it dry. Mom would use it mashed potatoes soups stews awesome flavour …. Oh and horseradish???? As well thank you again

[@alanacawker-therusticwife]

Thank you David! I do gather wild mint...it grows everywhere along rivers and I like to grab some when I find it! It smells so nice and is lovely dried for tea! My Mom used to add mint to new potatoes when she dug them up...such a treat! I will have to try it in mashed potatoes and stew too! I love horseradish! I had a new plant but it got tilled up by accident, so my brother is going to give me some of his...we both love it!

[@BackToBasicsHomestead]

Thanks for the info

[@alanacawker-therusticwife]

You are very welcome! 😊

[@BackToBasicsHomestead]

@@alanacawker-therusticwife I really need to find places like that near me to forage

[@MONIENGLISHBD]

So beautiful. ❣️

[@alanacawker-therusticwife]

Hi there...thank you for watching and I hope you have a great day!

[@MONIENGLISHBD]

@@alanacawker-therusticwife I am from Bangladesh. I love Asparagus but I have never taste it. If I could taste asparagus 🙄🙄🙄

[@alanacawker-therusticwife]

@@MONIENGLISHBD it is a pleasure to have a visitor from Bangladesh! I hope you can get a bunch of asparagus to try soon...it is one of my favourite vegetables! Take care and have a lovely day!

[@MONIENGLISHBD]

@@alanacawker-therusticwife If i get some asparagus from you then it will be awesome. I am a student of English Literature and I find the story of Asparagus from a short story "The Luncheon" by William Somerset Maugham.

[@cesrelawrence-towner9453]

Thanks so much for the lesson!!! I'll figure out this year is my plants is male or female so I can get a mate

[@alanacawker-therusticwife]

Good morning! Thank you very much for watching and for your kind words...messages like this make my day! Take care and have a wonderful day! 😊🌻

[@AnnaSantosHub]

Which city in Ontario did you have the wild asparagus foraged from? Thank you.

[@alanacawker-therusticwife]

Good morning! We live about 2 hours north of Toronto and there is so much asparagus along the roadsides around here...I hope you were able to find some this season as it is such a nice treat! Thank you very much for watching and have a great day!

[@jeffdubuque3755]

we pick it along the old railroad tracks here in southwestern Ontario .

[@ThuyNguyen-lx2lv]

Is that a cemetery behind the asparagus?

[@alanacawker-therusticwife]

Hi there...it is a cemetery. It's a lovely one too.

[@ThuyNguyen-lx2lv]

@@alanacawker-therusticwife it does look lovely!

[@BlackAndGoldAllTheWay]

Don’t ever buy asparagus from the store doesn’t even begin to compare to wild or what you can grow in your backyard. All the stuff I have ever gotten from the store was either super chewy, bitter, or both.

[@sitawithsonamchannel]

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