We are all back from vacation and ready to harvest away!
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| A bumble bee working on a purple dahlia. |
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| Cafe au Lait dahlia. They have so many different colors in their petals. |
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| A cluster of Cafe au Lait. |
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| A small pin cushion dahlia. So precise. |
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| This dahlia's color matches its inner pollen area. |
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| An orange cactus dahlia. |
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| From yellow in the center of this dahlia to dark pink at the outside. This is one of my favorites. |
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| A pale pink dahlia. Clear, refreshing colors. |
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| "Bed Head." Appropriately named, don't you think? |
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| Variegated petals make this one unique. |
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| One of our raised beds with herbs in the middle. These flowers are all edible. |
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| Another raised bed near the greenhouses. |
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| Lisa's cart is full of white and yellow statice that dry well. |
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One of the multitude of zinnias we are growing this year.
A bright pink one. |
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| A pale pink zinnia is starting to open. |
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| A field that was covered in blackberries two years ago grows eggplant, melons, peppers, cauliflower, cabbage, beans and corn this year. |
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| Watermelon loves it hot. We grown them on top of black plastic with drip irrigation underneath. |
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| Beans are almost ready to pick. |
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| Our first attempt at growing soy beans. |
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| Carrots glowing in the morning sun. |
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| Cauliflower peaking out of its protective leaves. |
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| Cantaloupe doing well. Also grown on top of black plastic. |
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| Savoy cabbage is starting to make heads. |
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| Lisa filling her buckets with water. She harvests many, many flowers and gets them quickly into water and then into the shade. Later in the day she builds her bouquets. |
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| Alex harvesting parsley. |
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| Alison helping with today's harvest. She is cutting sage. |
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| Figs, oh figs. They are so tender and delicious. |
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| Rosa and Alison are working on the kale sorting puzzle. |
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| The contents of today's harvest box. |
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| This week's contents. |
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| As usual, there are extras. |
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| Emma in control of the lemonade stand. A few eggs also made their appearance! The chickens live on the other side of the building to the left. |
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| These lilies are about 8 feet tall. Gorgeous. |
A few of today's bouquets.
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| A nearly black sunflower with a light green bug crawling around on it. |
