Birds and wind move Rudbeckia seeds around and it is always interesting to see what comes up and where. They have been coming up for decades.
Some are basic yellow like this:
Others have various patterns like these:
Others have various patterns like these:
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Simple things that grow and feed the ecosystem without me worrying about them…(unlike the fruit trees)
Adding clinopodium vulgare for anyone not familiar. It’s “wild basil” and man does it self seed quickly and fill in spaces as a wonderful beneficial flowering ground cover. It just went into bloom the last few days.
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New seminole pumpkin on the vine. Thats my second one! First one will be done by the end of this week.
My first watermelon!
Casper eggplant has got 3 more on it.
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Hosui is so much nicer looking than Shinseiki.
These are getting impressively big. Got a fly photo bomb.
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my peaches aren’t in the safest place from squirrel but I’m hoping.
harvesting a lot of mulberry and raspberry now. two gooseberries. and millet ripening and my pickled radish jars for the summer. the pods pickled are so good little crunchies and then I do baby beets with baby radish for side snacks with a sandwich and chips.
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Today’s small raspberry, blueberry, and strawberry haul
My little one helped a little bit 
Top Shelf blueberry is really proving to be top shelf
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Not pictured here, but I got a few Flavor Grenade pluots go all the way red ripening more inside and tried them…damn to me they tasted a lot like a nectarine!
I’ll try it again with some of these. I’m letting them ripen from this stage on the counter.
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On the tree they will pack more flavor and sweetness.
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I’m sure…but the birds break the skin if I keep them for longer.
I’ll net the tree next year for sure.
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True, that was my experience last year. This year my net is ready.
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Mars grapes just about ready despite some black rot
Trombone squash
Mini Butternut variety
Blue Coco runner beans
Blacktail Mountain watermelon
Unknown to me flower popping up in the wildflower strip. Can anyone ID?
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The flower is some kind of mallow or hibiscus
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Random pics from the garden this week:
PAF blackberry
This is now year 2 of volunteer spider flowers. This one is pretending to be a blackberry
Supposed to be a rainbow bell pepper mix. Whoops!
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Flavor Grenade Pluot are tasty enough for me at this stage. With their crunch I bet they would be good in a tart or pie.
Hosui looking lovely. A bit of color change on this one in the sun.
A smaller volunteer jumped early. I’m not sure it’s ripe enough to eat. I’ll have to try it.
Edit: Underripe but edible. I’d imagine it would be perfect for use in galbi marinade.
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