...even if it is winding down...it has been raining/drizzling all morning so i felt absolved of watering...particularly since it has cooled off...
and the asparagus seems to be happy to chug along through the approaching autumn...there is a new late season spear up and running...there are no "berries" this season however which is a bit disappointing...i was hoping for more seed...
over in my bed none of the remaining spuds seems ready to give the season up...so no harvest today...
the alfalfa is fine...
the tomato plant continues to labor over its sole, late season fruit...wagering whomever harvests this one will be ripening it in a paper bag on a window sill...ripening on the vine is probably not an option...still...i have been surprised before ...
the two peppers the pepper plant was working on last week have vanished...this is not a new experience...
the squirrels have deigned leave the maize alone ( so far ) and so the two larger plants on the east side are both still sporting two ears apiece...the west side is, in my estimation, more interesting though...
i am told by wiser heads that simply harnessing dna with the responsibility for events in the world is simplistic and unwise...which is a valid point...take away dna and what have you got? pretty much rocks i'm thinking... the broken corn on the other side is still trying its best to reproduce...a stunted ear here...
and an unusual arrangement here where the pollen source is located beneath the silks on the ear...tricky situation for a wind pollinated plant...hopefully there is enough pollen between the other three to help out...
down at the other end the maize ancestor teocintli is working on reproduction as well...
with the ears emerging from the stems and becoming better defined...here there should be viable seed...
the bed is a collection of plants of varying origins...the maize and teocintli are products of central america...while the spuds and tomato are of andean stock...the carolina horse nettle that is dotting the garden is of somewhat less exotic origins but still shows adaptive capability in coming to terms with its new home...it is still flowering...
and while it easily reproduces rhizomatically, the plants are pushing to maximize their reproductive capability with multiple fruits...dna carries on.
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