I pick freshly opened stalks and ones just opening the evening before the show. The ones that are open go into an unheated bath room and the ones that need to open stay in the kitchen in warm water. Then before I leave for the show, 6 A.M. yesterday, I give the garden one more look. Then when you get home after the show you always find something fabulous that you missed. I've groomed the stalks that I brought home and am just taking them to the cemetery. Thanks for the congrats.
