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I'm thinking of covering the rows of asparagus with

wire hoop tunnels, then pasturing poultry in the area.

Please comment on this notion. :-)

We have had WONDERFUL results rotating  our pastured turkeys in the 3/4 acre 
asparagus bed. We wait until after the harvest, and the ferns are well 
established for the season. Then we used electrified poultry netting that 
could be moved through the bed as necessary. The turkeys broke only a few 
ferns, and did not eat them. They concentrated on the weeds between the rows, 
and did a great job! In previous years, we paid a couple of kids to come in 
and weed the bed, now the turkeys are my weeders. A farm visitor asked me if 
I felt a bit like a cannibal when we eat the employees! :))
Linda 
Homestead Farms