the first full day of winter is unseasonably warm here...something like thirty six degrees ( farenheit ) above "the average for this day" ( i know, averages lie )...whatever the averages say there is no real possibility of snow for christmas...and, while this may not trouble some, it aint natural...( or, nature isn't what it used to be and there is a "new normal" afoot )...
the berries in the bed of my truck are not complaining and are basking in the sunshine...
as are the native berries on the east side...
and the new york imports and the egyptian walking onions in the south bed...
"cold hardy" is a fine designation for all these plants as i discovered when i made an effort to dig up a jerusalem artichoke and found the ground frozen solid a couple of inches down...no tuber retrieval without a pick-axe...it is warm today however there has been snow and a week of below freezing temperatures in the recent past...late autumn was colder than early winter...
the winter wheat and rye are soaking up the rays today as well...fine for now...we will see if the snow cover is deep enough to get them through the real cold ( one presumes it will arrive )
beyond that all is quiet in the ramp bed ( undisturbed mulch is fine with me )...
there are still a few seeds hanging around the mostly shattered teocintli ears...
and the dryad's saddle that has been quietly consuming a dead portion of an elm back there has seem better days...
about the only other color in the yard is the berries in the hawthorn tree...with the berries, onions, and grains they are in tune with the season...and the birds will be spreading a source of winter food as they move the seeds about.
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