...or, perhaps, we will launch straight into summer...given the nature of the climate over the past few years it is difficult to know...i see activity out in the industrial fields which would normally be considered somewhat premature for the area...and the yard is moving along too..after an admittedly slow start...
both second year asparagus plants have produced one spear and that may be all we see unless there is an autumn addition...the root system may not yet be able to support multiple spears...we will be seeing...
the third year plant has put up two more to go along with the first which has reached a foot or so in height...the plant produced eight spears in two clusters last season so i am hoping for more...the bigger the root system gets over the next two seasons the better...
i count sixty-one ramps in varying stages of development up...somewhere around two thirds of the ninety odd i replanted last september...waiting for more...
the imported wild strawberries are sunning themselves and preparing to bloom, berry, and make another run at taking the bed over from the jerusalem artichokes...i seeded in some sweet clover there and in a few other places...just to mix it up a bit and work with the bees...
the winter rye...
and the winter wheat are both looking lush and working at filling in the beds...
the red seedless grapes at the south end of the house are budding...perhaps i will be seeing grapes there this season...
the grapes have neighbors in the form of two containerized bison spuds who see content to bask the april day away...
and finally ( for the nonce ) the gnarled, grandfatherly concord grape...
is budding on the new vines it produced close to the roots last season...
and on the vines it has spread through the fir and catalpa trees...a venerable and prolific plant...there will be grapes.
about forgot the onions...which have "walked" and are more abundant...
with a thaw and a reasonable amount of rain since then the aerial bulbs are settling deeper into the soil...
and becoming fully fledged plant in their own right.
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