my back yard on boxing day

the yellow peas in the green manure mix out back have completely died back ( top photo ) as havs the annual rye that is mixed in with the winter rye ( second photo )...i had been somewhat surprised to see dixie clover emerging from the snow in a green condition but i am perplexed no more...further research has shown me that it is an annual that overwinters like winter wheat and winter rye only to reseed the next season...except i will be turning it under next season...the lambs quarters plant in the fourth photo has died back as well but the seed heads have not shattered...the quinoa ( fifth photo ) should closely resemble its relative when it reaches the end of the season...in fact i am told it also closely resembles its relative in the early going making it difficult to tell what is what...since lambs quarters is native and a prolific seeder..just like kiuna ...we may have cousins in the same bed come may...the intermediate wheat grass in the sixth photo isn't nay more dormant than the green manures despite the cold and snow...it is even farther outside its native range than the teosinte but its western asian and souitheast european ancestry seems to have inured it to the cold...so there is still photosynthesis going on outside as well as inside...when you are dealing with perennials the garden never fully sleeps