after a frost a few days ago the weather is showing signs of warming...and the 7.2" of rain we had in april seems to be carrying over to this month...my back yard received over an inch today and there is, according to the forecast, a 100% chance of more tonight with an alleged accumulation of one to two inches...we'll see how accurate that is tomorrow...
the imported new york strawberries have taken to the weather...they are in full bloom and there are berries in the works...
and there are stolons anywhere you'd care to look in the beds..and escaping them as well...
the ramps are quietly attending to business on the north side...looking for signs of flowering later this month...
all the spuds that have been moved outside from the basement have found their way to the south side where they are verdant and flourishing...there will be more planted over the next two months for a cyclical spud harvest later in summer and in early autumn...
this may not provide great perspective, however the winter rye is somewhere above three feet in height...
and the first ears have begun to emerge from the stems...harvest late next month or early july...
the seedless grapes are coming into leaf just fine...however i have some concerns about the concords...
this gnarled grape is pushing thirty years old and has produced impressive vines in the elm, catalpa, and fir trees out past the back patio...the elm tree vines expired a couple of years ago...
the vines in the catalpa tree began to leaf earlier this month...
but today i notice those leaves looking a trifle brown and wilted...not good news especially...these things happen...
it's not all doom just yet though...the vines in the fir trees look fine...we will just be keeping a closer eye on them all until we see what's what...as the weather worms lok for maize and beans and quash...tomatoes and more spuds plus the odd herb and a few gourds.
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