I think asparagus takes a while, no matter how they are grown. I couldn't find anything but seeds here. If I decide to order online later, then I will just have different stages of asparagus growing. And that I think, works okay for me. And gives me something long-term to look forward to since most veggies are just annuals. That's why I love berries and herbs. Plant them just once and treat them well and they provide year after year. There were times, when I was harvesting blackberries, strawberries, and gold raspberries daily that I was tempted to turn my entire garden into just berries. Those berries are probably still being picked by someone, unless they did a major overhaul of the garden. Some people don't like berries.
My mulberry trees took longer to get a harvest than it takes to harvest asparagus. My fig tree also took a while. I should have been eating those last year, but a friend that promised to care for the plant when I moved here, killed it off. Didn't even tell me about it. When I arrived and saw my 9 foot plant was only a 2 foot stick he was handing me, I was crushed. Nothing I could do about it but get over it. I still plan to grow another fig tree at some point and again wait years to harvest. I don't even know what fresh figs taste like. However, I do know what asparagus taste like and I think they will be worth the wait. If I live that long, I will eat the first harvest steamed with a lot of butter, no matter what diet I am on at the time.
