Beginner Gardening: Baby Asparagus, 0 by fodder

fodder wrote:
I had purchased some crowns, and planted them a little while back. 2 of them, i planted in some untreated dirt, off to the side, only because i didn't have room for them in my bed, and didn't want to throw them away. Go figure, they were the first to sprout.
This one here, tho...looked like a baby asparagus a week ago. It has since "ferned out"...is this normal for the first year of sprouting? And should it look like an asparagus that you would eat for such a short time? It only looked like an asparagus for a week or so, now it looks like this.
sorry the pic is blurry, but i think you still get the idea.