Photos: Asparagus prep at Hadley farm

Jim Gnatek, owner of Alligator Brook Farm, empties bags of fertilizer into a hopper to spread on his asparagus fields in Hadley Thursday. “The more you pick the more it grows, but its been a cold spring, if you have warm weather it shoots right up,” said Gnatek about the season this year.

Jim Gnatek, owner of Alligator Brook Farm, empties bags of fertilizer into a hopper to spread on his asparagus fields in Hadley Thursday. “The more you pick the more it grows, but its been a cold spring, if you have warm weather it shoots right up,” said Gnatek about the season this year. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS

Jim Gnatek, owner of Alligator Brook Farm, empties bags of fertilizer into a hopper to spread on his asparagus fields in Hadley Thursday. “The more you pick the more it grows, but its been a cold spring, if you have warm weather it shoots right up,” said Gnatek about the season this year.

Jim Gnatek, owner of Alligator Brook Farm, empties bags of fertilizer into a hopper to spread on his asparagus fields in Hadley Thursday. “The more you pick the more it grows, but its been a cold spring, if you have warm weather it shoots right up,” said Gnatek about the season this year. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS

Jim Gnatek, owner of Alligator Brook Farm, empties bags of fertilizer into a hopper to spread on his asparagus fields in Hadley Thursday. “The more you pick the more it grows, but its been a cold spring, if you have warm weather it shoots right up,” said Gnatek about the season this year.

Jim Gnatek, owner of Alligator Brook Farm, empties bags of fertilizer into a hopper to spread on his asparagus fields in Hadley Thursday. “The more you pick the more it grows, but its been a cold spring, if you have warm weather it shoots right up,” said Gnatek about the season this year. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS

Published: 05-07-2025 3:10 PM

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