it is november nineteenth and some nighttime lows have already been some twenty degrees below freezing...so any reasonable person would expect the tomatoes to be long gone...and they would be correct...an autumn brown is the hue today...
the teocintli is done as well...
some ears are empty...
some are in the process of shattering...
and some are splitting open in preparation...
i brought in a few late season ears that had not split open yet ( i am letting the shattered and split ones go in their natural cycle to see if it will reseed itself in this climate )...
they rendered some plausibly mature seed and some fairly green ones as well...brown and green in microcosm...and while we are talking green...
the winter wheat has lost no chlorophyll...there are cold hardy folks out there
neither have the egyptian walking onions that are headed into their second season...
nor have the aerial bulbs which have "walked" and are sprouting, rooting, and doing their best to burrow into the soil for winter...
the leaves on the new york import strawberries are still verdant...they will not be intimidated by winter...and while beries are the focus...
even at this late date the native berries have still been trying to produce berries...i am skeptical that there is anything to pollinate these lonely blossoms who are admittedly looking rough...still...don't tell me dna isn't relentless...
we should not think ourselves burdened with the limited pallet of green and brown though...there are other blooms holding on to vestiges of more vibrant days...
and the hawthorn berries are inviting the birds.
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