The Vegetable Border
The unpredictable weather alternated between intense heat and sudden cold snaps, interspersed with heavy rainfall, and restored the vegetables to their typical growth patterns.
As expected, August brought a bountiful harvest of tomatoes and a slow but steady yield of eggplants.
The vegetable patch turned into an unruly mess, as it always does at this time of year, and in the fierce territorial battle the squash lost to the cucumbers.
In all fairness, the guidelines advise against planting the two together, and the cucumbers are thriving this year.
The beans are finally blooming, which is the reason I planted them; the Painted Lady runner bean variety has flowers that outshine the sweet peas’.
Holy basil spread everywhere and is already ripe for harvesting seeds. I can’t wait to plant them and savor its delightful scent during the winter months.
The other herbs must be somewhere around. I recall planting thyme, rosemary, and lavender, but none of them could compete with the basil’s impressive growth.
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