The only problem with growing your own asparagus is that the store bought stuff never tastes right again. Like all vegetables, the ones you grow taste best. My grandfather has been gone nearly 40 years, and I still miss all the fresh vegetables from his farm. The best tomatoes, asparagus, green beans, corn, cabbage, lettuce, radishes, carrots, cucumbers and broccoli that I will ever have. And could he ever grow flower gardens.