post-holiday campus trip

early morning on the day after the holiday found me home alone and with some spare time so of course i went to check on the gardens...there was frost on the green manures again this morning and the yellow peas would seem to have seen better days...the winter rye is going strong and there is still some clover tucked away in there as well as the hairy vetch...we will be looking in on them all winter to see what's up...i can see some yellowing in the winter wheat though...surely a sign of the onset of dormancy...there is wheat going dormant in my back yard as well so i am wondering if the wheat knows something we don't...the overwintering plants we had last season showed no signs of dormancy and if i am not mistaken i was still harvesting brussels sprouts in january of this year ) admittedly small, salad sized ones but sprouts none the less...they were good too )...so i am wondering if this winter will be different...we shall surely see...the bottom photos are of the community garden around eight o'clock this morning...the mulch covers all look good and we are buttoned up for whatever winter brings...more in a week or so as the maintenance trips will continue until we begin to plant.