Got my first few spears of asparagus last week. They were so good! Asparagus is a great garden plant. They are perennials so you only have to plant them once. They will usually last 15-25 years! This is a good time to plant asparagus, it's actually a bit on the late side, but you might get some good deals at garden centers and nurseries on their leftover crowns. You plant your crowns and don't harvest at all the first year. The plants are getting energy from the spears and you want them to spread and produce a lot. The second year harvest sparingly, let those plants grow. The third year you can start harvesting in earnest, and they should produce well for you, for years. You'll see most places sell "all male" or "mostly male" plants. The reason is that the male plant produces the spears. But if you get a female plant in there, leave it in, they produce the seed. If you're lucky they will produce more asparagus plants. They also look cool in the garden in summer, ferny and airy looking, they look nice in flower arrangements too.