it was seasonably warm when i got to the garden at about nine thirty..it has been in the upper eighties and lower nineties most of the past week...there was some rain last night which obviated the need to water...for the day anyway...
the asparagus is behaving ina way that, in my experience, is most unseasonable...
the spear i fond growing by the worm tower last week has risen above it and there seems to be yet another new spear...this is something i have not run across in hot weather asparagus behavior..i would expect s few late summer, early autumn spears...not ones near mid-july ...something to look into...
the maize is looking even cornier this week and the teocintli on the north end of the bed has found some traction...the family resemblance is startling...
the pepper plant in my bed seems determined to just be angry and let some others do the producing...so be it...especially since my input in this is limited...
both alfalfa plants have good new growth and a few stunted blooms...difficult as it is to see that is a bumble bee dead center in the second alfalfa photo...
one of the spuds was done...so i puled it up and rooted around a bit...
if the average holds up the bed should produce around five pounds of spuds...these were of the bison variety...there are four others out there so the harvest may vary...
finally, my back yard is a full blown dragonfly convention with a multitude of sizes and colors to be found from high afternoon to early evening...
however i hadn't found a green one yet this season until i caught up with this one at the garden...natural aviators and voracious consumer of mosquitoes...always a pleasure to find and watch.
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