Our hibiscus is happy and blooming! Great big gorgeous flowers! And so many more buds. Hurray!

There are actual cucumbers actually growing on my cucumber plant! The pollinators have been back to work! This is a bush variety that is supposed to produce small pickling cucumbers, so we’ll see how that goes. The rogue plant growing outside the container is still alive, but doesn’t have fruit (or the dog eats it, hm). The carrots and peas have all been nibbled by something, however the melon is vining and has a flower, so maybe some pollinators will be attracted there too.

More unexpected flowers. Nasturtiums seeds that I planted two years ago past the back fence have sprouted and bloomed. Not much light filters through the forest canopy, and I had given up hope on flowers in that area. They are leggy, but definitely blooming.

My basils have finally grown enough for harvest! I have a Thai Basil Chicken recipe that I love that calls for three cups of fresh basil. My harvest wasn’t quite there, but the dish still tasted good. I planted four pots of basil with three varieties: sweet, red, and Genovese. All of the Genovese was nibbled away by something, but the sweet and the red are doing very well.