allium on the move

it's getting on to the last week of march...the temperature is in the mid fifties ( fahrenheit ) and there has been some precipitation...all good for the aerial bulbs from the onions which continue to take hold...since the month is nearing its end i decided it was time to have a serious look at the ramp bed...

last autumn i laid down about six inches of leaf mulch on the bed which i scooped off and laid to the side...

and when i did i found four of the egyptian walking onions' cousins had broken surface..which is a fair sign that the work on the bed i did last fall at least did not do any harm and may have helped...

even though the strawberries in the south bed have been seriously browsed ( i am still fingering rabbits for this abomination ) the unmolested are showing good new growth...

to help expand the population i took some of the plants i potted last season by pinning stolons in them and replanted them in the bed proper...these two shared a pot and have developed a large root system...we will see about berries and daughters soon enough...

in the course of replanting i ran across my first earthworm of the season...more good news...

the winter rye...

are doing fine...next step is the wait for ears...then, perhaps, rye bread...

the daffodils are keeping pace...yellow blooms soon enough...pretty soon we'll be talking spuds. after i had a look i spread a thinner cover of leaves across th e bed...there are probably some frosty evenings to come yet...