Category: Plants

Strawberry Flowering

We had a first flush of strawberries a few weeks ago, with several coming ripe each day for weeks on end — and then there was a long dry spell, and I figured the heat had been too much, and we’d have to wait for the fall for more fruit… so I was pleasantly surprised to find another cluster of flowers forming, and am glad that we can look forward to a few more sweet treats later in July.

Potager Garden Bed

Most of the garden is accessible from the street, but there is one bed that’s behind a locked gate, which is where I’ve placed much of this year’s herbs and vegetables.

It’s just five square feet, so it’s not going to replace many trips to the grocery store, but I’ve crowded a bunch of things in so my neighbors and I can have a couple of tasty nibbles this summer.

From left to right, more or less: bibb lettuce, ghost peppers, sweet banana pepper, chives, two varieties of spinach, basil, habanero peppers, leeks, peppermint, Caribbean red hot peppers, and corn.

(The corn is unlikely to produce any edible ears, as it’s tricky to pollinate in isolation like this, but hopefully it will at least be picturesque.)