uncertain january

yesterday the winter rye looked like this...

today it looks like this because...

the temperature today ( and an even warmer day yesterday ) have turned the four or so inches of snow that were on the ground last week into standing water in my yard...

the new york import strawberries are all uncovered again and in various stages of green...

and the locally grown wild ones are green as they emerge from the snow...

some of the stalks on the brussels sprouts look uniformly dead even if a closer inspection reveals some residual sprouts...

while others seem to be indicating a willingness to overwinter...we'll see what happens...

and, finally, the garlic in the bed of my truck is uncovered again as well and looking fairly robust...we will see about that as well...january has been unsure if it wants to be winter or not...schizo weather ( even though a january thaw is not uncommon..alternating weeks of winter and early spring are not ) has marked out the beginning of the year...which has had any number of issues...but that is another blog.