Looks like a bunch of us like playing in the dirt. This last spate of great weather has been great for getting the ground ready; garden patch spaded, new cold frame build, etc; everything ready for the first of the cool weather crops

Stlhdr -
Asparagus can be grown here on the west side. However it does require a fair amount of space and time - takes up to 3 years to have the plants fully established. My asparagus patch is enough for two. Aunty check my patch today and still no spears up.

Dogfish -
With the space you have you should be able to grow virtually the "vegies" your family needs. With our cilmate here on the west side a number of cool weather crops due quick well. Peas, snow peas (pods); green onions, potatoes (love Potomac reds and Yukon golds, kale, the various lettuce (leaf varities the easiest), brocculi, cabbage, caulifower all do well.

My best advise is that don't be in rush to get the warmer weather crops (corns, beans, various squashes, cukes, tomatoes, peppers, etc.) in the ground. They do best when they can grow more or less constantly and a period of cold nights really slows down their development and ultimately the yield. I try to hold off until the latter half of May to play those crops. Once experimented with 3 plantings of bush beans (all the same type); one in late April, one in mid-May and the third in early July. The earliest and latest ripen about 10 days apart with the later planting yielding roughly twice as much.

You might also think about putting in some perennials. Rhubard, the various berries, horseradish, asparagus, and fruit trees are all good. While my space is somewhat limited (live in town with a lot of only 1/3 of acre) we do manage to squeeze in a fair amout; in addition to 1,400 space feet for veggies I have 3 fruit trees( "drawf" varities), 4 rhubard plants, a 4 x 10 apsaragus patch, a 4 x 10 strawberry patch, 30 feet of raspberries, 10 feet of blackberries, 9 blue berry bushes, and lots of flowers. All in a fenced back yard shared with two labs.

Careful; gardening can be addictive.

Curt