routine maintenance

the end of the workday saw me off to campus to do a bit more work and see how things are going...everything seems fine...the winter wheat is growing but much of it will be turned under soon (although i will leave some to grow seed for the autumn ) as my seed potatoes have arrived from oregon and they will be taking the wheat's place since it is part of the nitrogen fixing scheme and organic matter for the garden...the top photo is of the gamagrass continuing to green...i expect a bi year from those plants...the second photo is one of twenty-two jerusalem artichokes already up...there will be the annual culling of rouges as spring progresses...anyone who would like some of the hardy colonizers ( coach? ) should let me know soon...doubtlessly there will be ample candidates available for transplant...there are now four asparagus spears up and running at different stages of growth...i will have to harvest the fist growth soon but tit will not be a huge harvest until all the twenty-four ( i hope they all return ) i had last year are a going concern...the bottom photo is the perennial garden project as it looked around five this afternoon.