The calyx of the pepper is the part that looks like your typical cat jester collar.

In Vancouver there are trees with penises. Penii?

In case of fire do not put finger in electrical socket:

In case of low sales remove dead tree from window display:

These onion flowers go through an interesting phase right before blooming. They remind me of my dad’s out-of-control eyebrows. Or scraggly old witch’s fingers. Part of me is antsy to transfer my vegetables to the pots but a larger part of me is enjoying watching the flowers progress.

Went for a nice bike ride on the weekend on the Sligo and NE Branch trails in Md. Perhaps the best thing was these daffodils in the woods. Someone musta gone out of their way to plant them. I tried this with sunflowers for the last 2 summers but it didn’t work: the first summer I planted them in a park at 19th and Kalorama and park gardeners cut them down. Last summer I planted them along the Capitol Crescent trail and deer ate them. Seems like maybe daffodils are the way to go for renegade gardening. Although I do have 5 packets of sunflower seeds waiting…have some ideas…

As usual I got to planting my seeds a bit late this year. Well, this one may have been planted on time but I still haven’t gotten to my tomatoes etc. This guy popped up a couple days ago, about 5 days after planting. I think it’s swiss chard. Now he’s outside. It’s definitely a guy.

This one’s some kind of lettuce.

Basil – now about 2 weeks old.