some of the field peas i planted in the wheat and rye beds as a cover crop/green manure sixty days ago have vined up the critter net...
and a number of them are blooming which presents an issue...it is time to turn the peas under because the window for planting the wheat and rye is open...however i'd like to harvest some seed if the season still has enough time ( which is iffy )...
another complication is the volunteer spuds in the beds ( although this does confirm the spud as a perennial...they are there every year )...the wheat and rye won't wait though...
so i turned the beds trying to do as little damage tot he spuds as i could and leaving the peas on the east end of the bed intact...a compromise that may not work in the favor of any of the plants...or me for that matter...we'll wait and see...
this zea mexicana plant is finishing up and it is doing so much earlier than its compadres out there...
the husks on the individual ears are turning brown and thinning while the ears themselves begin to protrude from the stems in anticipation of shattering...i have harvested more than one hundred seeds from this plant so far and there will obviously be more...some i will leave to fall and see if they germinate in spring ( which, i suppose, means clearing the bed of "native plants"...garden work is perpetual )...
the two plants flanking the maturing one and the rest of the teosinte are still verdant...
with the ears still integral to the stems or, if not, wrapped in though,green husks...there is a way to go before the first frost and past experience shows me that some of the seed in these plants will mature...but probably not all...i will take what i can get as it matures...the rest will make some interesting winter photos...
the somewhat oversize maize...
is still evincing some growths...i see no silks and cannot feel anything like kernels...thinking they may be some sort of auxiliary flowers...awfully late in the season for that...but this is clearly a mutant, or at least an exceptional plant, anyway...again, we wait and see...the garlic and onions are, for the most part, taking their sweet time...and there are peppers and tomatoes and spuds still growing out there...it's winding down...isn't over yet...and, in a few days, i will turn the wheat and rye beds again and another one will start...or, perhaps, you could just call it seamless growth.
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