Spring is finally happening in Toronto, and that means it’s officially asparagus season!

I know this because I vibecoded a solution to an annual annoyances triggered by New York’s slightly early growing season.

In March, New York Times Cooking starts highlighting their asparagus recipes teasing me with tasty suggestions for something too soon to harvest locally. In Seattle, I relied on useful seasonal fruit and veggie calendar to know what was in season, but I’ve long struggled to find an accurate one for Toronto specifically (often they are generic to Southern Ontario).

A few weeks ago, I decided to do something about it.

With a handful of Claude prompts, some careful design nudges, and a few feature suggestions, I now have an interactive calendar for Toronto’s seasonal produce just in time for when farmers market season kicks into high gear next month.

Data is sourced from a few trustworthy references, with Claude handling the code and design execution. The whole thing is built to be a standalone HTML file, too.