resilience

the hopi blue maize plant in the top photo had its leaves and flower ravaged by starlings who were using it a perch as they ravaged the intermediate wheat grass from kansas ( which the powers that be there told me would not be an issue...but they are in kansas and this is indiana...hoosier rules apply )...still it soldiers on....producing at least two ears of corn...determined dna adapting to conditions...the third photo is of perennial teosinte because this is my blog and i think it's cool..in the bottom two photos you can see that those weird spherical blooms on the yam vines are giving way to yam bulbs as the plant prepares to become invasive...i have been hacking back unwanted yams all season and they are still popping up even after i recovered hundreds of them from the garden last autumn...all perennials seem to be invasive to a greater or lesser degree...this one is nearly as aggressive as jerusalem artichokes.