two different directions

"unseasonably warm" is what they might call it in the media, and the signals seem mixed but are actually pretty clear...

there are still green ears on the teosinte, however since there have been a couple of hard frosts i am thinking there will be no more viable seed produced...i have harvested around two thousand seeds so not an issue for me...

i did not take it all though...i allowed some ears to ripen and shatter just to see what might happen...

over in the east bed the asparagus is dying back...

while the winter wheat and rye are enjoying the weather...

there is still a green pod on the field peas i left standing when i planted the grain beds...

there were not many pods to begin with, however hopefully the half dozen i found will render enough viable seed to run a small bed in the spring to grow more seed for autumn...

and meanwhile, i had found some sprouted spuds in the basement that were not going to make it much longer so i put them in small pots outside to see what would happen...despite the frosts they have begun to green up in true spud fashion and so will be coming in for the winter under the lights...when the weather dictates, not before...unnatural but necessary.