Started lettuce seeds late last year and kept the tradition going with our spring seeds. It has been a busy year, but better late than never!

Growing the usual plants: Thai basil, watermelon, cantaloupe, morning glories and long beans. I usually give a lot of these to friends because you plant extras planning for the worst. I am also trying out zinnias and cosmos from seed for fun.

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Also included below is a picture of the veggie garden from both sides. On the inside, growing lettuce and cilantro still. I will let these go to seed. Planted bean and cucumber seeds. Have a volunteer dill plant. I’ve also planted tomatoes from transplants: sweet 100, solar fire, and early girl.

On the outside of the garden, I grow asparagus and rue, blackberries, garlic chives and of course more cilantro. In the background you can see a vitex tree. It blooms a beautiful purple flower and provides lots of color in the heat of the summer. Unfortunately, we found out this year that it is an invasive plant, spreading and crowding out natives in our nature preserves…so we will be removing it this winter.

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