on campus

the rain last week...

did put a bit of green back in the campus garden lawn..but not much...

over in my "offical" bed...

there is some hopi blue maize up...

and some sweet clover has taken up residence with a volunteer spud...

the alflalfa has erupted from both sides of its alleged enclosure...

and is blooming robustly...

and my most important correspondent will be pleased that , not only is the alflafa ignoring its limits, it has escaped completely and there is a volunteer stand outside another bed...

the spuds on the back side of the asparagus are doing well...

and the plant that was threatening to bloom last trip out has done so...

it is warm and there is no rain in sight so i watered thoroughly...

making sure the soil was moist at least six inches down...

and no, i did not forget the escaped alfalfa...the carolina horse nettle has been blooming so here is some solanum morphology

horsenettle...

potato...

horse nettle...

potato...

horse nettle...

potato..clearly cousins...later there may be tomato and bittersweet nightshade blooms to compare as well...no eggplant though...you will have to find those on your own.