A mid-summer bouquet of 'Hidcote' lavender from my community garden plot, August 18, 2013.
I grew this variety from seeds sown in Spring 2012. This year the plants bloomed -- and most important, attracted the bees -- from May through September.
My favourite variety of my favourite herb, started from seed last year, grown in pots on the balcony for a few months, then transferred to my community garden plot to overwinter and bloom -- I'd hoped -- sometime in June.
It did.
On the first day of
summer last week I cut half the flower stalks for drying. (I left the other half for the bees.)
A dream come true: a little bit of Provence in a section of my garden.
Sunflower doing its job -- attracting pollinators -- at the community garden.
Shirley poppy in the pollinator bed on September 1st.
A favourite of the pollinators -- and people who pass by the community garden. Photographed August 1, 2012.
Sitting pretty on the bench: 'April in Paris' sweet peas, July 25th.
Organic purple softneck garlic, harvested July 21st, 2012 from my community garden plot