Sadly, that's probably one of the few veggies we can't grow in FL, as it is a perennial plant that needs a really long chilling in winter. When it has to travel in the springtime from Idaho or somewhere all the way down here to us, no wonder it loses all its taste. At other times of year, we even get asparagus from Chile! Probably came on a ship, in transit for weeks.
Yes, the yucky green produce and tasteless tomatoes are all the more reason to grow your own as much as possible.
Know what else drives me nuts? Mangoes from Mexico and Costa Rica in our stores that were picked too green and never get ripe! When we have commercial mango growers right here in Florida, an hour south of me, where are our local mangoes??
Don't even get me started on oranges from California in the stores in Florida, although we might have to get used to that idea if the Citrus Greening disease kills off all the orange groves here . . . I still won't buy oranges or juice that didn't grow in Florida.
