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Monarch
Danaus plexippus

Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) & a Monarch

In the vegetable greenhouse, on the strawberry plants

4 June 2012

strawberries

'Evangeline' strawberry

a bee visiting the pink flowers of our
'Fraise de Bois' (Fragaria vesca) strawberry
fruit are slender and sweet

Side by side on a double shepherd's hook in the kitchen garden, two strawberry plants in hanging baskets are already full of ripe fruit. I can see strawberry branches creeping everywhere by the end of summer. The new 'Fraise de Bois' (Fragaria vesca) strawberry excites me - featured in Martha's Living magazine this month. The fruit are very sweet, long - almost curly. They'll make a nice, quick jam. ..& more.. YUM

our edible garden

Sugar Snap Peas, Gromit and Hannah's Strawberries,  capsicum,  pink cosmos and purple salvia,  Early Girl tomatoes,  'Buttercream' Nasturtium Thyme and garlic chives,  snapdragons

backyard blooms

Hannah's strawberry, May 16, 2011

Early Girl tomato