backyard update

a brisk and sunny end of november morning for a tramp around the back yard to have a look at what is going on...the yellow peas ( top photo ) in the green manure mix in the old potato patch don't seem to be doing any better than the ones in the community garden...annuals will do that when the weather turns...the winter rye right behind ( second photo ) it is just fine and there seems to be a bit of dixie clover tucked underneath it that is still chugging along...that probably can't last...but i am open to another interpretation should events prove me wrong...the winter wheat in the third photo shows some continuing signs of dormancy while the wheat in the ground ( fourth photo ) does not...perhaps the container vs. ground is the key here...then again the winter wheat in the beds at the community garden seems ready to declare dormancy...it's in the ground as well...so...location? more on this as it emerges, winter isn't even here yet...the terminal spears on the intermediate wheat grass ( bottom photo )have died back but the plants don't seem to be in any more of a hurry to go dormant than their descendants...we will see how the members of the triticeae tribe do over the next couple of months...it could be an endless season...or, at least one that bleeds over into another...annual or perennial, native or immigrant we have continuity here if take the time to look.