a pointlessly short shift at work left me out around mid-morning and the campus garden is not much of a detour on the way home so i stopped by and it was just as well i did for reasons we will be getting to in a bit...
my favorite correspondent will be pleased to note the alfalfa is booming along...
and still expressing marked disdain for limits...
the volunteer spuds in my "official" bed are fine...
and there is garlic among them...
the rest of the garlic seems to be working on rooting...this one looks like it broke surface and was broken/bitten off...it will try again...
sixteen of the spuds planted behind the asparagus are up...not quite all...the ones that are up also seem to be doing well..
recent rains have been spotty in coverage and both beds were exceptionally dry so everyone got some water...
the soil was so powdery that my "official" bed was developing erosive sink holes...the alfalfa and asparagus are perennials and so are deeply rooted and not in any specific danger form drying out...however the spuds and garlic are not so this is a cue to make more frequent visits simply to keep an eye on things...the post-work environment will be the garden it seems...
at home, the second of the basement teosinte plants has deployed silks...forlorn attempt i fear...i do not see even an attempt at a flower...still...dna will keep trying...
there is a tinge of color in the tesointe seedlings i planted yesterday...thinking more seedlings will go in tomorrow...
the wheat on the compost pile is looking very green...
and the volunteer rye by the locust tree is giving the wheat green competition...always good to have some grain around...more as it comes up.
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