Chestnut Trees Blooming. 7.9.22

 I planted these about six years ago.  From a distance, only the male flowers are visible.  They have a musty scent.

Here the female flowers are visible in closeup.

What's Blooming? 7.9.22

 Lots blooming now.

European Lindens.  I planted these in 2013.  Highly fragrant!    Honeybees love the flowers, but no honeybees around.  :-(

Buddleia.  Highly fragrant!

The first Gallardia.  I started these as seeds during the winter.

More Sweetpeas.  Highly fragrant!

More lavender!  The leaves are highly fragrant.  Im not certain about the flowers.

Four O'Clocks Beginning To Bloom. 7.8.22

 They don't look like much yet, but are covered with flower buds.  Not bad for seeds I started in early Spring.  There are red, pink, and yellow ones.  I think they will be covered with flowers in a couple of weeks.

First Potatoes. Envol, in Container Planter. 7.8.22

 These are the first potatoes of the year.  The variety is "Envol", a very early variety.   I grew these in the container planter that I built last winter.  The plant leaves were starting to dry out and turn yellow, so I don't think these were going to grow larger or more potatoes.  

I think this was not super productive - 8 pounds from two 25 gal containers - but not bad.  They were super easy to dig out, very clean, no shovel injuries to potatoes.  Overall, I'm happy with thus result.

Squashes Are Blooming! 7.4.22

 The Costata romanesca zucchini, and Saffron summer squash are blooming.  One of the zucchinis had male flowers, so I used those to pollinate all of the female flowers.

The Burgess Buttercup squashes have female but not male flowers.  They are not the same species as zucchinis, so I didn't try.