I miss him too. He was the first Freeper who engaged me, when I arrived here and began this thread. He was a kind man.
The ASPARAguys, as we call them in our family, will produce for years, after a slow start; so they have to have a permanent place.
http://www.rodalesorganiclife.com/garden/how-grow-asparagus
So many of us miss him. His influence lives on.