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This post is mostly a preview into all that is growing in my garden this time of the year. Its late June, and the garden is bursting with activity. Its just so peaceful to spend a few minutes tending to the garden, walking barefoot, or simply looking at the bees swarming the thyme flowers, or hopping from one squash flower to the next. The plump cabbage worm nibbling on the leaves, the dragon fly perching delicately showing off its beautiful wings. Chasing the blue  jay is one of my sons favorite past time. He simply does not appreciate the fact that the blue jay is beating him to the ripe and plump blueberries.
Long after Fava beans have dried on the plants, winter vegetables and salad leaves bolt and flower, while the summer ones are hard at work to flower and fruit. A few years earlier, I would have simply pulled out the plant that stops to produce to make space for more. Not so any more! I leave some of them to produce flowers and seeds and to observe how much time and effort each takes to ensure propagation of their gene. Last year I was blessed with a hundred chamomile and celery plants for just leaving a couple of them on. Thankfully we’ve added quite a bit of space outdoors which enables me to just leave nature as is and not rush to dispose unproductive plants i.e., food on table.
The perfectly formed compact spiral patterns on the cone-head of the echinacea flower or the sunflower is truly mind blowing. There are several more examples of Fibonacci series replicating in nature. I love standing there admiring the beauty and stunning precision and perfection at which creation unfolds every single time.
Below are some pictures from my garden for you to enjoy!
Canopy of fruiting trees
Flowering vegetables ready to put forth seeds
Fall planted vegetables
Berries…
Just eggplants…
Flowers and bee friendly pollinators
Bees and beneficial insects swarm towards aromatic Thyme flowers, Lavender, Bottle brush tree, Yarrow, Borage near strawberries, Calendula, tiny little flowers of Chamomile, purple flowers of Chives on the base of fruit trees, and the list goes on. Its so interesting to see how much life there is during summer. I have these interplanted among vegetable beds and along the fence.
Yesterday we harvested our very first cabbage. It was small and dense, but the summer heat had started to stress the plant. We cooked it with lentils and curry leaves. I’ve never tasted cabbage as fresh as this one! Â Not always do we get to eat what we grow. Sometimes, our friends from the animal kingdom decide to sweep them off before we do, as that’s what happened to the only two grape bunches on the grapevine!
The garden is bursting with life, flowers, herbs, leaves, fruits and vegetables. Summer gives me a chance to pick at least two or three different varieties of vegetables from the garden to cook with. Its truly a delightful experience for the senses and the soul!
