Summer is arriving way too fast-the days are already in the
mid 80s. Another 15 or 20 degrees and I will be
looking for ways to escape the heat.
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This is another shot of the blossom of the safflower plant.
Good things come in handfuls of bird seed!
As do funny things. This grew from a kernel of corn in
that same handful of bird seed. The cob underneath
that tassle is about 3 inches long.
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Kaoutar digging the hole for the first of the ollas.
Beautiful poppies have appeared, scattered across the property.
Three ollas in the ground, capped with tajine lids.
It took this cover crop awhile to get going but it is lush and
beautiful now-too pretty to be named Hairy Vetch!
This is a new plant I discovered today. Its common name
is House of Plenty and it is an edible native to this region.
bed of ice plant, it brings me joy every time I look at it.
It is becoming abundantly clear to me that I made a big mistake by letting the mustard go to seed. Not only did I lose precious biomass, but there are now thousands of tiny mustard seeds being spread all over the garden path as I am chopping the stems up for mulch.
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