In the vegetable garden there’s not much going on right now, except the parsley which is going crazy, enjoying the cold weather. Aside from that, there are what appear to be berries on the asparagus plants. Beautiful, small, perfectly round, scarlet.

Though they resemble berries, they are actually seed pods, containing three or four seeds in each one. And watch out, the seed pods are toxic to humans.

Asparagus plants are dioecious, meaning each individual plant is either male or female. It is the female plant that produces the seed pods.

Fun things in a garden that is mostly ready for winter.