some things are getting started and some things, like the month, are finishing up...ready or not...the winter wheat and rye both have produced second leaves which is an signal that their root systems are well established enough for them to overwinter if, 1.) the temperatures are not too cold or, 2.) we get sufficient snow ( four inches plus ) to insulate them...we'll see..last year they did fine...the year before both failed...gasrdening, like agriculture, can be iffy...
the field peas i left have ceased blooming, however the pods they have produced are thickening and lengthening...it would be nice to have some viable seed...
while we are talking viable seed, i have harvested several hundred teosinte seeds so far...however, for the first time i can remember in the years i have grown teosinte, something is gnawing on the green ears...which only makes sense if you are going to gnaw, the green ears are soft and sweet and the mature seed is hard as a rock...still, the gardener is not pleased...
half of the garlic i have planted has broken surface...still waiting on the rest...mulched with straw they will be fine all winter...
there is a new round of dryad's saddle growth on the old elm tree by the alley...
and the behemoth maize is still growing growths...unfortuantely...
despite being supported with bamboos and twine one of the giants snapped off at ground level in fairly gusty north winds today...
from ground level to the tip of its flower my tape measure says it was pushing eleven feet...which means the larger one is at least twelve...it had to happen...it was unrealistically tall for its support roots and in the wild would have toppled long ago...i am not pleased...still, these things happen.
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