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what is being watered is mostly annuals but there is one exception to the deep-rooted perennials in there too...there are potatoes ( a plant/replant perennial that behaves like an annual but isn't )and mashua ( annual ) in the top photo who are receiving a ration ...the native edibles purslane ( second photo ) and lamb's quarters ( third photo ) are being watered as well as possible too...i have made the zea diploperennis a special case perennial since i am still geeked by it and will preserve it as long as possible this season...there's a tomato plant that i didn't photograph today that's being nurtured as well...so it and the potatoes are the only really productive domesticates receiving any irrigart

a dearth of yellow

the pgp doesn't seem to be having quite the excess water difficulties that the community garden is and i wonder why...my first thought is better drainage...even though i have unearthed construction ( or destruction ) debris every season the pgp sits over what us basically an underlayer of sand ( much like my yard ) and the drainage is good...even on the low end of the garden where the water tolerant gamagrass is...and my second thought is that the plants are mostly perennials...that brown in the long shot on top is ripe winter rye...the early blue potato that's blooming in the second photo is as green as could be...and it's a perennial even if it's a plant/replant one...the lamb's quarter in the third photo is an annual and it is ( so far ) the only plant i've found with any yellowing...the teosinte in the bottom photo isn't looking unhappy at all either...and it's a perennial strain...drainage? perennials? a combination? neither? don't know for sure but i will be keeping an eye on things over there and will certainly post if the perennials start to go south.