Maryland State Flower

You got to love the Black-eyed Susan, Maryland's state flower.

Unlike other favorite flowers of mine this one lasts, and lasts, and lasts and keeps color in my gardens through out the month of August and beyond.  Thank goodness because not much else is flowering.

Over the years I have moved it to new places and it has moved itself.

Here is a tour of all the Black-eyed Susan spots of color in my gardens.

Perennial Garden

One small patch in the Glen Garden

Pond Garden

Mom's Garden

And when the blossoms fade and the seeds are ripe another spot of yellow stops by to feast.

Thank you Black-eyed Susans and thank you goldfinch!

Postscript to Monday's Harvest

Here is the basket that should have been picked on Sunday or Monday morning.

Lots of green beans.

Loads of tomatoes.

Last but not least, two kinds of peppers and a cucumber.

Unpacking a Harvest

I need to get out in the garden and pick.

But in the meantime here is a harvest basket full to the brim that was picked at the end of last week.  More of the same out there needs picking.

Let me unpack it so you can see what's there.

Cucumber

Yellow squash

Zucchini

Tomatoes

Peppers

More tomatoes

Green beans

And more tomatoes

Garlic harvested earlier this summer and now cured and cleaned up.

See other harvests from bloggers at Daphne's

Garlic

The garlic has been cured and yesterday I trimmed the roots and stems.  It's quite a nice harvest for this year.

Many of the bulbs fill my hand.

This one is strange.  It's a one clove bulb.

And then there was this one with little bulbs attached.