Lin's first 'wild asparagus'
Mike's first 'Wild Asparagus' complete with ant!!During spring, many areas of countryside in southern Spain will be filled with Spanish out walking in a peculiar manner. They can be seen, eyes to the ground, knife in hand, walking through woods and undergrowth. Their walk will be interspersed with the occasional dive to the floor and grasp at illusive green shoots. Ask someone to explain this unusual behavior and the answer will be quite simple. They are wild asparagus picking.
How difficult can that be we thought! However, having spent many hours last year roaming the hedge rows and woodlands, we never found one! So you can imagine our delight when we were out today, walking the dogs in the Parque Periurbano ‘Dehesa del Mercadillo’ on the outskirts of Ronda, when we both found one. Sadly the photographs are slightly out of focus, but we just wanted a record of our first ‘wild asparagus’ find!!
Spanish families will have their own favoured areas for wild asparagus picking, and will return here week after week, year after year. Often the exact location of their favourite area will be a closely guarded secret.
Parque Periurbano 'Dehesa del Mercadillo'
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