went to campus today on a chilly windy fall day just to check on things...there's not much going on at the moment in terms of actual physical work...just keeping an eye on things...that will change soon...the second photo shows that the jerusalem artichokes are beginning to die back and will need to be removed in the next couple of weeks...but the third and fourth photos show the cowpeas are still flowering and producing pods ( i counted thirty in an informal census this morning)so while i will remove the above-ground plants the harvest is going to have to wait until the first killing frost since i want as many cowpea seeds as i can get to continue with the self-sustaining thesis of this project..i will be digging up the whole plot searching for tubers so it will just have to wait until the rest of the plants finish their season...it can't wait too long though because the winter wheat has to go in and establish itself before dormancy...the timing could be a bit tricky if the frost holds off...i may have to bite the bullet and take out the cowpeas early...the top and bottom photos are the obligatory photos of northern tepehuan teosinte and all its ears.
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