Garden Perfection

 

June and Tommy loved exploring the rain garden

June and Tommy have been coming to the VegHeadz garden with their grandmother since they were barely old enough to walk.   We hadn’t seen them in a while, but they picked a good day for a return visit.  These are some of the things they saw today.  

Nicotiana—Woodland or
flowering tobacco 

A perfect eggplant

Mexican sunflower—a butterfly 
favorite

Tobacco Hornworm. Similar to a
tomato hornworm and feeds on
the same plants.   
First one seen this year.  
Probably not the last.
Larva of a large sphinx moth.  

Plum tomatoes galore.
 

This time of year, the predominant 
flower color in our garden is yellow.

Loofah

When immature, the loofah fruit
can be cooked much like squash. 
Dave is taking some home to try. 

The mature loofah fruit will
be at least twice this size and 
will be allowed to dry on the vine
before harvesting seeds and 
creating sponges from the 
fibrous skeleton.