Growth Spurt

Things have been pretty crazy over here lately, so not a lot has happened that's worth writing about.  But there is one project that has managed to progress without any attention from us:

Over the last two months, the agave's bloom spike has grown about a foot a week:

And over the last month, the asparagus spear shape has given way to a colony of branches:

I don't know how much taller it's going to get or how many more branches will sprout, but I expect that the next big development will be flower buds on each of the little "hands":