temperatures are falling out back and there is a white christmas forecast with a "winter weather advisory" on tap for tomorrow..so i went out back to look around this morning...
Jean's wild strawberries from new york out in the east bed are holding up fine...
the ones in the south bed that spent the most time under the last snowfall are looking a bit more ragged...they will be fine however..."tough little plants" is what the vendor called them...i believe that...
the brussels sprout that overwintered last season look somewhat worse for wear...i am wagering the sprouts are still edible and will be bringing them in...
there are still unshattered ears of northern tepehuan teosinte out there...i will let them go..i have very low expectations of any results from this seed which was not matured when frost killed the plants...
there are still silks and ears barely protruding from the zea mays parvaglumis stalks out there too...
this ear had three sub-ears that produced half a dozen reasonably sized seeds
none of which looked remotely as mature as the seed i bought ( purchased on the left, backyard on the right. )
"so wher's the mashua?" i hear you saying...no worries...we have arrived at the slightly more lively basement season..the mashua from a cutting and the one that has come up from a tuber are doing very well and will be transplanted into a larger container soon...yesterday a second plant growing from a tuber emerged so there are now three and i am, hopefully, on my way to tubers to plant outdoors next spring...
the spud that burst into leaf a few days ago is growing robustly and has advanced its season significantly since yesterday while a second one has begun the process itself...
the aerial bulbs from the egyptian walking onions are turning into fully fledged plants too...if they produce they will "walk" out into the rd in spring...
finally ( and, seemingly, obligatory ) the flowers on the zea mays mexicana downstairs are moving along, albeit slowly...where this is ending is anyone's guess...we will be finding out.
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