Thursday, September 26, 2013

potatoes and winter wheat

the yema de huevos that i planted in the bushel basket last weekend are really beginning to green up now and will be leafing out soon enough...i have another ( and a bit unexpected ) indoor project for the late fall and i am thinking there will be a second grow light added to the basement plant room...there's room so it should not be an issue and what's a bit more work? the ollala potatoes ( including the twins ) are solid and insect free in the basement storage box..no sign of softness, shriveling, or sprouts...the early blue are holding up as well ( fourth photo ) and the fifth photo is of two more ollala tubers i harvested this evening and will be adding to he storage box a soon as they are thoroughly dry...the bottom photo is of some winter wheat that has begun to tiller...indicating a well established root system that will allow some plant growth before dormancy ( or not...that remains to be seen...dormancy has been a rare commodity in overwintering perennials here...in my recent experience anyway...we will be watching for winter growth ) still more time to go but the season is drawing to a close ( for the annuals anyway )...lots of planning to do and the community garden promises to be a challenge this coming season...plans are in the works for another perennial and the roster of ancestors will be expanding...geeked is a good word to describe outlook on things...and i don't doubt that the gardens on campus and the stuff out back will feed into one another with all sorts of new ideas and connections.

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