cool off

the weather has cooled a bit but not the growth...the winter wheat that had me so concerned last october is filling in and thriving...there no such thing as a post-agricultural society ( that quote came from somewhere but i cannot recall whom to attribute it to...i will clarify when i run across it again ) and there is something attractive about a thriving staple that may or may not be genetic but certainly is cultural...i'm far less immune to the impression than a lot of folks and it's gratifying to see it do well...speaking of doing well the next two photos are of zea diploperennis...there are three up from seeds and last year's roots have put out a total ( so far ) of thirty-six shoots...eight more since my last visit...there are now six asparagus spears up if you count the one the ground crew mowed ( again this year )...i hacked back the university lawn from that corner so hopefully we can avoid this sort of pointless misunderstanding in the future...there are now twenty-eight jerusalem artichokes up..no more room is available in that particular plot...rouge will be culled...more on that as spring progresses...one of the chinese yams is up and i will be cutting and callousing potatoes for the campus garden soon...i will have to turn under some wheat ( but that was the whole point of the nitrogen fixing program ) but i will be intercropping potatoes and wheat where there is room..the wheat will be done before the potatoes so there will be no harvesting conflicts..i am not so sure about growth disputes though...well..this is an experimental garden