Ha, ha. I had a beautiful three year old plant and because I built my raised garden up about a foot, I had to box-in that large plant so that it did not get buried. I waiting till the fall when it went dormant and tried to dig her up so that I could elevate her to the garden level. I dug out a foot outside the plant, which meant a root-ball almost 4' wide and dug down 2'. I never came close to being able to move that plant and all I accomplished was to kill 3/4 of the plant. I found that out last spring. I slowly begin to fill in around the plant and it is now almost level with the garden. I have been able to harvest a single spear and it doesn't look like I will get anything this year either.
