it is warm here for this early in march ( that is 67 degrees fahrenheit...the pine needles are confusing the image ) and even though the forecast calls for a return to "normal" temperatures later in the week the yard is perking up...
the garlic is greening up...
there's less snow in the ramp bed...and even though the leaf mulch has thawed there is still no sign of a ramp...give them a minute ( this is the gardener advising himself to indulge in patience )...
while there are sign of wheat resilence...
much of the bed has been hijacked by interlopers...
some good news is the half pound of einkorn wheat i purchased has arrived and, since i am at the southern end of the range for spring wheat, march is the month to plant...wheat can handle dry...it is not fond of heat...it's arrival was well timed...
anyone who has threshed einkorn will understand two things...why the original agriculturalists let the oxen walk on it in the threshing room...and why they worked with all due speed to breed varieties with husks far less difficult to deal with...this is one of the very first domesticates and we are dealing with very old dna ( and growing is in part, to preserve the variety...for me anyway ) and the grain is stubborn...i put a couple of handfuls in a burlap sack and, after about fifteen minutes of whacking away at it...
threshed enough grain for my purposes today...
i turned a corner of the bed that seemed innocent of wheat and broadcast the einkorn and raked it in with my hand...i may be a tad early with this...we will see how it does...if there is a problem i have more seed and am intent on planting it all...
as i wandered around back there i noticed one sure sign of the onset of spring...there are daffodils coming up all over...there wwill be yellow blooms ( and mason bees ) soon enough.
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