the michigan blue spud i planted in the basement eighteen days ago has cleared the top of the five gallon bucket that is its winter home...
and is coming into leaf nicely...we will see what we get by way of production somewhere along february...
the teosinte seeds i soaked twenty-three days ago failed entirely...perhaps it is too soon after harvest...or, perhaps, i just picked out seed that was not viable...so i pulled some seed from 2021 and soked it just to be sure i wasn't losing my touch and they have responded...
sprouts and one with a developing root...so there should be teosinte in the basement as well this winter...it has done well down there in the past...just don't hold out hope for ears ( i won't )...
outside things are fairly quiet...there is still some green in the teosinte ears...
however, when green ears freeze the seeds die and become skeletal in appearance...and they are not viable...
i looked around anyway nand did find some ears with what i believe are viable seeds...
probably the last gleanings of the season which gives me near a thousand seeds...
the winter wheat is not looking all that happy...again there has been winter cold before any snow cover to speak of and this is not ideal...one wearies of driving in snow...one wishes for snow for the wheat...a winter dilemma...
note to the bureaucrats: there is still green asparagus in my yard....
the serendipitous peanut ( left by one of the jays i am thinking...it was not knowingly planted ) died back with the hard freeze and i finally remembered to have a look...
i found and cleaned nine legumes in the roots...
they are now thoroughly dry and will be stowed away fro future planting...knowingly this time ( although there may be more volunteers next season if someone here continues to leave raw peanuts out for the jays )...next up...planting teosinte...probably within the next week.
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