These photos were taken with permission of the manager at one of my favorite grocery stores called Food Country USA at 6766 West Andrew Johnson Highway, Mosheim, TN 37818-3836. This grocery store is located on the 11 E By-Pass in Greene County, Tennessee.
I was amazed as I took pictures at this grocery store that even after a few hours of taking photos, I didn’t even come close to taking pictures of their inventory. I was grateful that the manager was so gracious to let me take all these pictures. Perhaps someday, I will go back and take some more.

Asparagus, a perennial plant, is ready in the early spring and it will continue to produce every spring for years. A well tended asparagus bed can produce up to twenty-five or thirty years. Asparagus, a gourmet vegetable, considered a delicacy since ancient times, is an edible member of the lily family. To grow asparagus you will need a little patience; it will be two or three growing seasons before you can begin harvesting. Asparagus spears have been know to grow ten inches in one day, and a shoot weighing as much a third of a pound.