Hamwild has gone blind because that is exactly what asparagus look like if you don't cut them down (let them grow for a couple more years before your first harvest then only cut the ones that are bigger than a pencil).
Your husband is right - they grow in ditches. I don't know where you live but in Central California (asparagus capital of the world), the irrigation ditches are overgrown with asparagus. It hardly made it worth growing myself. Just send the kids out to scour the ditches.
Elaine is right. Those seedlings can be easily transplanted. But... because we don't know where you live, it may be advisable to wait until spring when they come back up. If you are in Central California, transplant away. Otherwise, spring.