Sunflowers with soft green centers, Sweet William in varying hues, light purple Joe Pye Weed, and blue blooming Cardoon grace the first four buckets. |
Dahlias. I love the bright and the pale colors. |
More dahlias, some spiky, some single petaled and flat, others like a pom pom. Lovely. |
Lilies with their pollen/anthers standing out like little orange dust mops. The edges or margins of these petals are like highlights. |
Zinnias. |
Gladiolas. A wide variety of colors. |
Gold and lime green zinnias with a pink Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate hanging out. |
Yellow yarrow and calla lilies. |
Blue Glitter Sea Holly in all its blue, sharp spikes. |
It's hard for me to pick a favorite zinnia. This pale pink one is in the running. |
Bright crocosmia. These add a different texture to our bouquets. |
Bright purple and lavender glads. |
Daylilies, pastel yarrow and bright purple glads. |
Blue flowering cardoon. It is in the same family as artichokes. |
Blue scabiosa. |
Different sunflowers, including Teddy Bear. |
White tipped dahlia petals. |
Today's yellow carrots. One lone orange carrot hiding out. |
Orange beets Florencio just washed. They are dripping off on the cart. |
Beautiful savoy cabbage. |
A few red fleshed plums. |
Some of the early cantaloupe are what we call "single serving" size. Some of them are full sized in this container. |
Slicing cucumbers stacked up. |
Light green rinds on the honeydew in the cart full of watermelon. |
Dividing up the beets and carrots. |
Alison gets comfortable to pick the tiny Sour Mexican Gherkins. |
Florencio picking green beans. |
Little Louise helps put the cabbage in the boxes. Avrie secures the cart. |
Louise coming back for another cabbage. |
Gorgeous yellow flowers with calla lily leaves. |
White lilies, blue delphinium along with white dahlias and blue salvia. |
Ahhh, a pastel pink bouquet. Yarrow, dahlias and glads. |
A bright pink bouquet with lilies, yarrow and zinnias. |
Tall blue Russian sage with blue scabiosa and yellow zinnias. |
Today's "extra table" instructions. |
Items in week 9's harvest box. |
The size of the Sour Mexican Gherkins that Alison was picking. |
Now, are these the hot jalapenos or the mild "Fooled You" jalapenos? They look the same! |