i was on campus yesterday to plant some Zea mays and either i am ageing badly eyesightwise or the winter wheat developed seedheads overnight...either way there they are and now the birds become competition for the limited crop....it will ripen over the next month and i will be putting up bird tape in an effort to deter predation ( how anthrocentric is that? if it were goldenrod seeds i'd call it bemeficial...agriculture makes people posessive...agricultural surplus creates social stratification...so did we start down this road as a species because we had to to support a growing population or did someone figure out they could manipulate the system to their advantage? probably a combination, no?)...i have grown some here at home so i am prepared to lose at least part of this argument...but i would like to harvest some...the yams ar egrowing so i put up part of this season's vine trellis which will be lower and more longitudianl that last season's vertical mishmash...easier to keep track of how many vines which plant produces...the garden is coming along nicely ( and thanks to the university ground crew for the hose...no more toting gallons of water out of hawthorne hall!)
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