We have an 100 acre farm. Along the county road (paved) we live on there is an asparagus patch on our property side of the ditch at the road. There is another a bit deeper into the property at the other end of the frontage where there is tractor access to the field.

I know road and utility easements rules/laws as I have developed a bit of real estate.

My question is as a ditch asparagus hunter what do you believe your right to access someone's property to harvest is? Not that it matters but I did not plant the patches. They were there years ago when we purchased the land.

You said it was your property. What's the issue?

Looking for the opinion of others that would go onto someones land to harvest. Not if someone thinks I should be able to go on my own. lol someone for poor post explanation.

Just don't go onto someone else's property without permission. Period.

Keep that patch picked....

Exactly!!

In our state it is trespassing and theft to pick/forage on private property without the owner's permission. Period. A lot of folks seem to think it is fair game if it grows within the road ROW. It is not. It is like hunting a road ROW, except unlike game, wild/domestic crops, seeds, nuts, fruit, vegie, and mushrooms are owned by the landowner. Road Right-of-Ways are for public travel only.

Here, any asparagus in the ROW is fair game, and it's first come, first served. Behind the ROW boundary is private, and you had better respect private property or suffer the consequences. I know landowners that won't tolerate trespassing, and they don't hesitate to contact the sheriff.

In Ohio it would be illegal to harvest asparagus on the right of way. That doesn't stop people. People are terrible about stealing fruit, even further into a property.

Keith

Got some. We don't eat a ton nor do I run people off the property near the road. I let them make use of the vegetable. People just stun me sometimes.

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Yep

If the asparagus is in the ditch or road allowance then it’s fair game for everyone.

The asparagus on private property is the owners, and anyone wanting it would need permission.

The folks representing MI & WI on this thread are RIGHT ON THE MONEY!!! If it isn’t your property and don’t want to ask permission, keep your friging hands off!

Maybe that’s the Law in your Country but not in Michigan by golly and the thread starter is from Michigan!!! Property owners in Michigan own and pay taxes to the center of the road.

Correct answer for our state!

My issue is not the picking. My wives is the fact they our road has limited sight distance and no shoulder. The few pickers with a head on their shoulders for safety park on our property. If i had a dog that would (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) me off! The others park half in the road and I and some neighbors have teenage drivers trying to deal with that crap! My new big issue is that the last couple years I have noticed a trend. Right now the crop is about done and heading into seeding. The most recent pickers are cutting off the tassles before they can seed to hide their hidden patches. I know this because they are throwing the tops cut not far away from the base plant. Kinda like dropping dynamite into someones pond for one nights meal of fish. People suck!

In my part of the State all patches are located & noted in the fall. I mean, you can see the darn bushes at the back of a 80 acre field let alone on a roadside ditch bank! Trapping season is a great time to have a eyeball for the green! LOL

These roady-ditch pickers are to me like those types of trappers who see a trap in the water and nobody around!!!!

I am just south of you in Brown City (just north of I69). It used to be the same but last year did not notice many seeded bushes. I now know why!

That’s ridiculous. How can you own the road? Do you clear snow and maintain the road?

Are you held responsible if someone dies on your portion of the road?

Educate me!

I told you once what the Law is concerning ROW ownership in Michigan. Search it out for yourself, I’m not obligated to train you, since as a Michigan native I have nothing to prove except tell you the frigin Law!