summer evening

it's a warm summer evening out back...a bit cooler than the summer afternoon that preceded it...so i went for a stroll to see what was what...

happily the ramps have begun to bloom...

the onions are ahead in that respect...

and i noticed the intermediate wheat grass has joined in...

the winter rye is moving along towards ripe...

all those purple winter vetch blooms the bees were all over have begun to transform into seed pods...

the asparagus i transplanted is still doing just fine..in a couple of years this whispy guy will look more like...

will look more like this sturdy plant...

with structures like this which will produce the "ferns" the seedlings resemble so closely...

and, if all goes well. in 2023 they seedlings will be putting up edible spears like these in the community garden ( which is where the seed for these came from )...

i found bees hard at work today...

when i strolled over to the chinese yam vine i found some less welcome insects busily working as well...obviously dousing the grape leaves in neem oil a couple of times had driven them so seek sustenance elsewhere and the yam leaves were supper...

so i got out the garden sprayer and soaked the yam leaves as well hoping to keep them from being skeletalized...i will have to be vigilant here...look into the strawberries and keep an eye on the grapes...see where they land next...the jerusalem artichokes are probably safe...the potatoes and tomatoes are nightshades..i imagine they are safe through toxicity...i an thinking the beans will need to be sprayed...never have found one on the maize or teosinte...there's a first time for most things though...depends, i suppose, on how many beetles and how voracious they are.