gleaned

when i visited this field forty-two days ago...

i found an abundance of field corn , on cobs and lying loose, that the harvester had missed and left behind...these photos were taken over an area three rows wide by ten feet in length...sloppy harvester work...or a malfunctioning harvester...

today when i walked down those same rows...

i did find a scattering of corn still attached to the cob ( and the last one with exactly one kernel laying nearby ) but not nearly in the numbers i did in december and i had to walk the rows searching for it...it was not the apparent corn it was a few weeks ago...

what i mostly found was lichen ( yet another green commentary on the month )

and empty cobs slowly releasing their six pounds of nitrogen per ton back into the soil...wildlife has been at work.