today's haul

i quietly abandonded my garden in the field a few months ago...the drought killed most everything, and what didnt die was neatly trimmed of all fruits by the deer or infested with one kind of insect or another. i hate giving up on anything, but the fact that i am the only gardener up there not using multiple pesticides and chemicals combined with only once-a-week maintanence of the plot makes for no food: thank god for farmer o'bier's or we would have starved! luckily, my little square foot garden rocked the earth and has provided me with a little something every day. today, i got the last of the ripe pear tomatoes, some of the gazillion green beans planted, a few more mini banana peppers and an eggplant to roast. smaller is indeed better, in this case!

euphorbia!

euphorbia is one of my favorite plants because they have a modern, sculptural look i really dig. i already have 'martini' growing in my front yard in kensington, but decided i needed 'jessie' while researching the post below. this gorgeous, tall blond has been patented by barry @ sunshine farm & garden and will look fantastic where ever i decide to put it... and it works perfectly with this year's hot color trend!

square foot gardening

inspired by my post below and discouraged by the state of my large vegetable garden, i started a square foot garden last friday with twenty spaces: arugula, beets, some peppers and swiss chard have already popped up! maybe this will work!

sunflower in the summertime

sunflowers in my front yard reseeded from last year's batch. totally summer!

plant dance party

SANSULA Dominik Eulberg musicvideo from dirk rauscher on vimeo shows plants at a dance party.