Borage is thuggish in the garden and would grow everywhere if I let it. I can’t resist leaving one (or maybe two) plants in place, for the edible flowers and the bee food. It is a joyful plant, even though it grows big and coarse.
Borage
Author: Catherine
Peas
The peas are overtaking the top of the trellis. It is always hard to believe that they will grow this tall when they first germinate in the cold early spring. Where does all that green material come from?
I have to pick them diligently, or they get big and not as tasty. The snowpeas especially. The shelling peas are ripening a little later.
Asparagus 2021
The asparagus has not been a rousing success this year. We had mostly skinny skinny stalks not worth eating. I don’t know what to think. At this point, it’s just moving into the frond phase.
Lavender and friends
This graduated grouping of plants makes my heart happy when I walk by it. Lavender, stonecrop (yellow), garden thyme, anise hyssop.
Overview – end of June
I took photos in the early morning, so the lighting is quite shadowy. But here is a tour of the main garden rows. We have had some good healthy rainstorms lately so the plants are starting to look lush.
June morning — daisies and cherries
After a night’s rain, the morning sunshine was so beautiful. The daisies are looking spectacular and the tart cherry tree is really putting out some delicious ripe fruit.
Insects known and unknown
I was happy to get these photos of the very busy Hummingbird Moth. The photos are highly cropped. The moth’s coloration is so extravagant.
The unknown creature below came in on an escarole leaf. At first I thought it was a spot of dirt. I touched it and it disappeared. It turns out it is a winged creature. It was very interested in settling on the kitchen windowpane where it stayed still for a photograph. It seems to be pointing head down. I can’t figure it out. A few different photos to show the scale. It is tiny.
state of the milkweed
I don’t know what’s happening here, but something is really munching on this milkweed. And it’s not monarch caterpillars. Sam put the electric wire around it to try to preserve some of the patch for the monarchs. Who seem to be slow showing up this year.
Poppy volunteer
I don’t know how this poppy seed got into the hoophouse raised bed. But it has been fun to watch it grow and bloom in an unexpected location.
Arugula bouquet
I pulled the overgrown arugula in the hoophouse. I stripped most of the edible leaves from the long stalks and then couldn’t bear to compost the flowers before enjoying them as a bouquet for awhile.
