I always feel a tiny bit sorry for marigolds. 
They are the workhorse flower...deterring all of those bad bugs, looking matronly with their stiff petals, smelling strongly like clean floors.
But I like them...This year they all looked so pretty to me...I think that I may just have a fever for their bold unembarrassed summer colors.
Isn't it time for berries yet?
The chard gets more and more interesting...but isn't it time for it to be pulled?
Did you know there were hairs in the foxglove blossom?
Cabbage veins (the picture looks better horizontally BUT blogger likes this orientation!)
More chard trying to ingratiate itself...it saw me pull the bolted white chard the other day...this orange fellow wants to stay.
The magical upside-down tomato monstrosity is back and this year the boys have added peas on top...with the weather we've been having, I will be awash in pea pods in no time, but perhaps not tomatoes.
The color of this poppy always looks unreal against the green and the pink digitalis...like it almost breaks the camera when the computer tries to translate it in to MB. But this is what we have this week in the garden, lots of rain, followed by clouds, wind, and sparse late afternoon sunny spots.
JMB
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Well after you've been over here and giggled over the funny photos and memorabilia, I'll swing by your garden, pull up a garden chair, and just soak up all the lovely greenness and vitality! That third marigold photo - ah! And all that chard! Is chard like silverbeet? I don't see it in our greengrocers. I love your seasons - something special and different every few months!
Awesome pictures. . . I can almost smell the marigolds. My garden is so sad looking right now and totally not blogworthy.
Love your garden pics! I completely agree about marigolds. Aren't they edible as well?
great pics lady!
i always love to see your garden...
:)
Fist off, I can't wait to pick blackberries when we get back to Eugene. I think they will just be ready. Beautiful shots of the flowers and how is the walkway in the garden? Done yet? Can't wait to seet it!
I love marigolds! They are so bright and cheery. Did you know that they will keep on shoooing away the bugs even after they've died? It's true! Just save the dried heads or flower seeds and when you have a bug infestation (especially ants) you can sprinkle them near the bugs and within minutes (like less than 30) the bugs will be gone! :D
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