backyard photos

a few photos of the back...the top is the "primitive cultivar" potato ojosa negra and right below is a red nordland...both recognizably potatoes...but different enough to be noticeable..the third is a healthy stand of jerusalem artichokes...easily larger than those on campus...last census was about fifty plants and counting...the last two are the potted zea diploperennis that spent the winter in my basement...i put them outside about three weeks ago nd just like the improbable teosinte on campus they began putting out numerous shoots...so zea diploperennis dies back and has a dormant period...all i idi was water the roots once a week to keep them moist and they came back this spring...i see a re-potting in a larger home at the end of the season and an effort to kepp them alive and running as long as possible.