I will also be popping my green thumb cherry this spring. Couple stupid questions here. Can asparagus be grown on the westside here? Also I am taking over a garden that has been going for years its 15x15 or so. It has always had beans climbing up the back, row of corn, punkins, peppers, onions, carrots, squash. Does all of that stuff need to be re planted every year? Not sure about some of it. Probably drop the punkins and squash for taters and cukes. So what do I need to do to get ready to plant what needs to be planted? Pull weeds and till it up? Sounds like I should get a bale of alfalfa to till with. Any help is appreciated.