last day of the year

i was downstairs doing a bit of straightening up in the plant room since i have the day off...

it was obvious that, despite water, warmth, and light, the cowpeas found the basement an alien and inhospitable environment...so what was left of them found their way to the worm bin...however...

i found a number of spuds chitting away merrily...so i reworked the cowpea container and another one...

and planted them...

there was a stray ear of winter rye in the bin with the potatoes...

so i threshed out the seed and planted some in each container...i have no real idea exactly when that rye was brought in...could have been 2020 for all i know...experience tells me the potatoes will not hesitate to grow down there ( they will, i am also informed, hesitate to produce anything much in the way of tubers...still, they were doomed if i left them in the bin so they have an opportunity here )...the rye is an unaswered question...we will see.