Ive really redone my thinking.Now my priorities. Must make food.Must be hardy.Must come back year after year.Must be low maintenance.Asparagus sure is all that.No chemical insecticides/pesticides,if bugs kill them,and a natural predator doesnt surface,they are gone.Not wasting time or energy on that nonsense anymore.
Of course,yearly 'crops' are also welcome if they are producers.And make seeds.Really proud of my tomato seeds this year,though they got a late start Im still going to put them in.Never know,might get an Indian summer?
We have such a small yard Ive even pulled out the lillies,but still have bulbs that are awesome in areas nothing else would grow.Roses were just aphid magnets,have 2 left.The great 75 year old wild rose on neighbors side? Some charity thing cleaned their yard for them and they hacked it almost to death!
That darn rose was huge,healthy and made AWESOME rose hip tea.Will take a decade to recover,grrrrr!
