Six fat bastards in one bed

Yesterday I planted asparagus.  I had a go at a couple of plants last year, but I didn't really go to much effort and of course they didn't even put in an appearance this year. 

I have had a bed planted with some green manure.    It had grown well and was very lush.The roots were strong too and as all of this organic matter rots down it will do the soil no end of good.

I also added a bag of commercial sheep manure...well rotted, a couple of handfuls of blood and bone and a wheelbarrow full of my own compost.

In addition...I mixed some of the bio-char I bought with some straight Charlie Carp (liquid manure made from feral fish).  I laid this in the bottom of the trenches and covered with a little of the soil.

My nephew apparently added a Chalie Carp and charcoal mix beneath his corn this year and it grew like magic beans all the way to the sky!  

The charcoal or bio-char is a soil conditioner.  It is porous and holds nutrients and inhibits the leaching of these through watering.

The asparagus was in tubes and had good root development.  I teased out the roots and spread them in the hole before covering.

Here they are all tucked up.  

So what is this about fat bastards?  

The variety of asparagus is Fat Bastard...read the label.

I also planted another bed of Purple Asparagus.  

Now all I have to do is wait for a couple of years before we can eat some.