We lucked out with two weeks in the Bagby Garden this summer. We harvested a few summer squashes but the berries weren’t quite ripe for picking. The greatest treasures, however, always lie in the unexpected: a lizard panting in the sun, bees among the petals of a flower and that earthy, damp smell after an uncommon summer rain.
Bee in the Borage
Latin name: Borago officinalis
Lounging Lizard
This little critter is probably a Western Side-blotched lizard, abundant in the warm, western areas of California.
“A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.” -Aldo Leopold. A Sand County Almanac. Oxford University Press, 1949.

All Out Artichokes
Green Thumb Gardener
Is that like Bees Borrage hot, Bees Borrage cold
Bee’s Borrage in the plot . . .
Love me some Aldo Leopold. Required reading in my forestry classes. Should be required reading for everybody. If you don’t know Leopold, pick up A SAND COUNTY ALMANAC, you won’t be sorry.
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Good to know, Bobba! I will.
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