Local Asparagus

[bookdwarf]

Has anyone seen locally grown asparagus yet? Is it too early? I've only seen stuff from California so far.

[jjbourgeois]

Wilson Farms has their own asparagus

[phatchris]

Strawberry Hill on 133 in Andover has a sign out yesterday "fresh native asparagus"

[maxevan]

Had it twice this week from Verrill. Also the Verrill Asparagus Festival is this weekend.

http://verrillfarm.com/events.html

(sorry for re-posting..missed the post above)

[chevrelove]

Three or four vendors had it for $5/bunch at the first Dewey square market today.

[9lives]

I bought some at Dewey Sq yesterday and they were great, simply steamed..also beautiful romaine.

[Gio]

Tendercrop Farm, in Newbury (Rt. 1A), is showing "their own" asparagus is available.
http://www.tendercropfarms.com/

Verrill holds their asparagus festival on Sat. 26 May.
http://www.verrillfarm.com/events.html

[sunalso]

Indian Head in Berlin right now, excellent, $6.50 a bunch

[jules127]

I bought some yesterday from Siena Farms at the Copley market.

[Madrid]

do you remember the price?

[Jenny Ondioline]

$4 a bunch this afternoon.

[Allstonian]

Although ours came from Silverbrook Farm (I think), not Siena. Looks lovely, though!

[makonna]

Verrill Farm has their fantastic asparagus available right now. My kids can't seem to get enough. Enjoy!

[Kat]

Harper Farms on 117 in Leominster/Lancaster had it last weekend.

[veggielover]

Volante Farms does have it this year and it is great, so if you live closer to Needham than to Concord or Lexington, I would go there for your local asparagus fix.

[RichardinJP]

Haven't seen it yet but Allendale farm in JP had it last year.

[mmerriman]

I have it coming up at home....

[steinpilz]

If you're interested in wild asparagus I've seen it at Savenors on Charles Street, it might have been later in the season I'm a bit vague about that.

[natecsd]

City Feed on Centre St. in JP has had it (on and off, in their way) for the last few days. I bought a bunch earlier this afternoon. $7 a lb.

[Madrid]

saw some at Sherman Market, Union Sq, on Sat.

[y2000k]

Verrill Farm tweeted 1 week ago about their asparagus going to be ready in 1 week - no updates yet. https://twitter.com/#!/verrillfarm/status/192716840814907392

Wilson Farm tweeted last Thursday their own asparagus was available https://twitter.com/#!/wilsonfarm/sta... However, when I went on Friday morning, all I could find was CA asparagus.

Safest bet is to call both farms before heading out. Russo's only have CA asparagus, I don't think they ever buy local ones.

[Allstonian]

More importantly, where in the Boston area can we buy local asparagus when it arrives? I don't think I've ever seen local asparagus at Russo's, which is where we do most of our produce shopping out of farmer's market season. Are the Somerville and/or SOWA winter markets my best option?

[bookdwarf]

Good question! I called Russo's this morning and they only had California asparagus. There's the Cambridge/Somerville/SOWA winter markets this weekend but will there be any?

[Allstonian]

BTW, here are a couple of threads from 2010 on the same topic:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/704645
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/710119

[veggielover]

I have only seen asparagus at Verrill Farms, but I don't know whether it is available yet this year. Volante Farms has planted it but it will be a year/few years until they are ready to eat.

I have seen NJ asparagus at Whole Foods.

[Aromatherapy]

Pemberton Farms in Cambridge brings in Verrill's, but it's not always in the best of shape--asparagus is one of those vegetables best eaten as soon after picking as possible.

[hilltowner]

I'm out in Western Mass, and we've had it for about a week, so it must be popping up in your stores now.

[JeremyEG]

Hey there,
We've had it here in NYC for about a week so you should have it this week or next. It's always a treat to have the first local asparagus of the season. Enjoy!
JeremyEG
HomeCookLocavore.com