Italian Garden 2007 - July Update

Jul 5, 2007

Here's what happens when I leave my garden unattended: I get beautiful wild grains like the above - otherwise known as weeds.

A weed I had been assiduously removing (but, obviously, missed one) turns out to have charming puffy purple blossoms.

The insalata riccia (curly lettuce) bolted into meter-high stalks with delicate blossoms. Wasn't very edible at this point, however, so I took some pictures, tore it all up, and planted onions, herbs, and more lettuce in that space.

The wild fig that I never even planted, in the lower wall, came out with a promising crop of fruit.

And the vegetables just kept on producing - I picked our first tomatoes this morning.

in this series : Garden 2007, April, May, June

how does your garden grow? let me know!