This is a contraption that helps to harvest asparagus by lifting the protective foil so that the two harvesters sitting on the sides can reach the raised soil mounds.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Contraption
An Asparagus Spider
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This post is not welcome. It reminds me that asparagus is over and done with here for another year.
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In Germany it’s still asparagus time for a few more days – 24 June is the last day that asparagus can be harvested.
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Who says? The law? Is it the same every year, or is is weather dependent and variable?
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No, it’s the same every year – asparagus time ends traditionally on St John’s Day. It was a rule of old because it will be at least 100 days until the first frost and the plants need this time to recover. And even today, everybody seems to adhere to it.
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That makes sense. I understand now!
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They start to taste not good anymore.
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😕
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Nevertheless, if one’s birthday is on 25 June you buy them for the last time on the 24th and end asparagus season on a high!
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I don’t think I would like to be under netting harvesting while a machine is in control.
Thanks for joining in Elke 😀
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Harvesting asparagus (cutting off the “stem” – if that’s what is called – half a foot below ground) is a difficult job and long hours. Germans don’t do the work because it is not well paid and in fact, the farmers claim they prefer the seasonal workers from eastern European countries because they work better and don’t complain about the living conditions. The spider offers seating for the workers but I cannot judge whether that is really such an advantage.
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Australians are much the same about farm work.
Most most the farm workers here are Asian or backpackers.
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