When when my brother and I were kids, one of our neighbors paid us 5 cents a pound to pick her asparagus after school. She had a huge asparagus patch.
I would get mad at my brother because he always made more money than me- I would miss a LOT of asparagus and he would go back over my part of the patch and pick what I missed. I think his eyes were better than mine.
Ours is not that big a patch. About 6 foot square. We start out getting a few spears every other day. Quickly changes to a few a day at least. Plenty for us to eat. I’ve tried lightly sauteeing and vac sealing but it still comes out soft.
When I was growing up in Suburbia, Mom and the neighbor ladies would buy (what felt like) a truckload of Sweet Corn. Us kids were paid a PENNY for every ear we shucked. And it had to be PRISTINE! No silk left behind on those ears!
When it was all done, ‘The Moms’ would do the canning and us kids would ride our bikes to the Dairy Queen to spend our vast fortunes.
Good memories. :)