Above is what Tim Peters perennial rye looks like now. I haven’t been worrying too much about the weeds, assuming they will soon either be killed off by frost or choked out by the rye. The rye plants have been developing crowns, and all growing pretty strong.
This is the yacón corner of the garden. Yacón is very sensitive to frost, and we’ve already had some light frosts, so you can see they are dying back a bit. On the left is a new variety for this year with purplish leaves, New Zealand Yacón, and on the right my unamed brown rooted variety. In the back out of sight I have a few of the red rooted Yacón Morado plants growing too.
Also suffering from ground frosts is my one surviving mauka plant Frank sent me a year ago. Frank sent me 4 cuttings, which I kept indoors through the winter and planted in the spring. I almost killed them with neglect several times, and while I’m glad I tried it once, I’m not planning to try it again this winter. I just don’t have the space or resources to keep live cuttings through the winter indoors. I can’t wait to try the root of this however, after the tops are killed off by frost.
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