Thirteen Rolling Stones

 

When I’d take my grandma to the supermarket, there was this thing she’d do EVERY SINGLE TIME. We’d  go through the produce section, checking off items on her shopping list, and she’d say, “When I was a little girl, wild asparagus grew in the irrigation ditches along the roadside. I hated asparagus back then. Now that I like it, look how much it costs!” Grandma’s been gone twenty-one years now. We never did buy asparagus, though it was a lot cheaper two decades ago. I could try planting it, though. Asparagus is one of those crops you can plant and keep harvesting year after year. The idea gets more appealing every time I buy groceries. I already have concord grapes and red raspberries in my yard. Other perennial backyard crops include rhubarb, artichokes, horseradish, chives, kale, and Egyptian walking onions. I’d never even heard of Egyptian walking onions before, but suddenly I really need to plant them.