spuds in a bucket ( signs of autumn )

the chinese yams ( first photo ) jerusalem artichokes ( second ) and the elmer's blue spud ( third...it is so tall because it spent much of its season in shade and as a result unsurprisingly produced only two tubers..more of them in a bit ) all tell me fall is almost here...the first of the spuds-in-a-bucket ( fourth ) has joined that chorus so i brought the tubers in ( fifth ) and cleaned them up ( sixth...with the elmer's blue out front )...lunch for someone perhaps although the smaller ones may be squirreled away in the plant room to chit...the northern tepehuan teosinte ( seventh ) continues to sprout silks ( eighth through twelfth ) which is good news for me if the weather holds for another month or so and i can retrieve viable seed...things are changing...the harvest will continue to trickle in ( more spuds in ground and in buckets plus the sunchoke tubers )...seeds yet to collect ( ramps ) wheat to thresh and winnow and potato fruits to process and seeds to freeze...no slack time in autumn.