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I usually grow tomatoes, beans, squash, corn, cucumbers, carrots, cantaloupe, basil, chives, raspberries, blueberries strawberries, asparagus and grapes. I have not been able to find good tomatoes yet this year. Last year and several before that a local nursery had really nice and already tall (2ft) plants in at patriots day. I bought a couple of those and put them under a tent until early may and they did great!
I'll second the chicken poop. I do things in raised beds. I started many years back with a load each of topsoil and chicken manure compost. Best stuff I have ever seen. I had tomato plants that year that were 12' tall. I literally gave away bags full. I have a picture that was taken 1/2 thru the year and they were already 7' tall. I will try to dig it up and post it. I now use that cock a doodle doo with very great results. I like to do only organic with garden and lawn and that stuff you can sprinkle around plants and spread on the lawn. I put some on my strawberries, and they shot right up and got nice and dark green. They are flowering now, I hope to have a nice season.
You are right about the asparagus. Plant them the first year in a 6" trench and as they grow cover them up. The next year you can cut "some" and the year after that you can cut all you want. I get mine from Miller Nursery in NY. They have them pretty economically. I also got my strawberry plants there. They sell bundles of 25 for about 8.00 which is a nice deal if you look at nursery prices of like 2.xx for a flat of 4 plants.
Good luck this season,
Eric
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