Garden Walk 07.27.2020

Ok, let's garden walk...

I went on my garden walk in between rain showers and I found all the bees hiding in the sunflowers, not even moving, just huddled up avoiding the raindrops.

First heirloom getting some color! This is a purple variety so it will stay darker.

The San Marzano tomatoes have gone straight up wild. They are a jumbled mess with the zinnia and at this point, I am just letting them do their thing.

Because they are branching out in giant clusters like this one. Have at it babies!

Sometimes these pictures are more for me than you. This gaillardia and snapdragon isn't at its best but I need to remember to plant them together next year too.

Same here - these are bachelor buttons and next year I need to plant some poppies with them, the colors will be so pretty.

The winter squash is about to take over the back yard. It has trellised it's fingers out into the sunflowers on the other side...

...and out the end into my compost pile.

I wish a photo could do this justice. These pickling cukes have taken over my screen window, merged into Ava's sunflowers, and are now making their way across my tomato trellis.

Black Cherry tomatoes are so stinking cute.

Today's harvest - plus two more summer squash I gave away while talking with the neighbor.

And my less than helpful sidekick

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