planting, maintenance, and perhaps some damage

i went back to the grasslands early this morning...

because when i was there yesterday i noticed that some of the asparagus had begun to develop a serious lean...

so i drove in a tomato stake ( well away from the crown ) and pulled them back closer to upright with sisal twine..as i was doing so i heard an audible pop...which may not bode well for one of these spears...since none of them would lift up out of the soil when i pulled on them i am hoping for only a partial break and some healing and continued ferning/flowering...we will see...

there were a couple of leaners towards the other end of the row as well...i followed the same procedure...this time without the added pop...expecting continued robust growth here...

down in my bed the spuds have come along far enough that i can begin to hill them so i raked down the soil i had piled up when i dug the planting trenches to cover the plants up to the canopy...

i brought along a couple of additions to the bed's population...

so after i raked the soil i planted a tomato and a hat pepper...

between the rows of spuds...maize is next on the list but not just yet...

the season on campus is coming along...we will see what verdancy we achieve.