garden update

Now, the sunflowers are beginning to bloom and the green zinnias should follow soon, while the echinacea is fading and the poppies are long past. I am always eager for a new bloom in the garden-- while I'd like to take credit for designing these successive flowerings, it is mostly luck.

I am still harvesting beans and edamame, and more tomatoes are ripening. My zucchini still hasn't produced a single squash.

Compared to my tidy,contained spring garden, the summer version is lush and overflowing.


This beautiful but bashful sunflower keeps its face turned toward the wall.