Great Afternoon for a Cigar

Thursday, October 2, 2025

Cleared all the dying fern leaves out today. Ada came over from next door and asked what I was doing. I told her. She asked if she could help so I asked her if she could put the fronds I was clipping into the leaf bag in the garage.  She was so happy to help. 

She asked what these things were so I told her a wasn't sure other than being part of the fern. I thought maybe they were once leaves or maybe seeds. I'll have to look into that. 

Still so nice out. Sat out back with a cigar. 

Made note of how much of the yard was in shade at only 4:30.

So:"No, ferns do not produce seeds and therefore cannot seed themselves; instead, they reproduce using microscopic spores that are released from the underside of their fronds (leaves) and are carried by wind or water to new locations. If a spore lands in a suitable, moist environment, it can develop into a tiny plant called a gametophyte, which then produces sex cells that fertilize to create a new sporophyte—the mature fern plant." (Info from AI)

Well I guess they're not seeds then. Maybe they're just short leaves? I'll have to look more closely at them next year.