...and gearing up

some of the alfalfa in what was the three sisters' bed are developing their first true leaf nine days after planting ( top photo )...the winter rye we mixed in with it ( second photo ) is doing well too and we will add a bit more after the alfalfa is well established...the winter rye parker planted on the twentieth ( third photo ) is coming up and will be tillering and filling in soon...speaking of parker, there she is in the latest in a series of shameless selfies...she was more interested in photographing clouds so the gardener may have to find another way to recognize her help.