people who garden have many things they like.
everyone speaks of garden ripened tomatoes, and it's true....
but freshly dug new (and other) potatoes are like candy,
fresh dug carrots are superb, and
fresh off the plant lima beans are spectacular.
since the covid thing I have noticed the quality of fresh vegetables in supermarkets has tanked. I imagine the growers are having trouble getting workers who know what they are doing . . . in terms of cultivation, picking and packing.
late winter onions have been a problem for 20 years in our supermarket. apparently they are not dried in the field properly, then not stored properly - and wind up on the shelf half rotten. Giant fired all/most of its full time employees - and the gum popping phone-in-ear teenagers don't know squat.
across the road Weis had far superior vegetables, and two very knowledgeable and "expert" produce people - both 'older' - who either perished or decided to avoid the exposure. so now Giant is garbage and Weis is garbage.