Storiography is the documentary work of designer Christiana Aretta.

I received a packet of Dragon’s Tongue beans with my membership to Seed Saver’s Exchange. I’ve seen plenty of adorable white bean flowers but it never occurred to me that a purple bean might also have purple flowers. I have to confess to squealing in delight when I saw them this morning.

Baby cucumbers coming along nicely.

Delicate Russian kale – I recently transplanted four of these into a container from seedlings. Last year, the kale was utterly decimated by birds. Just as being chased by monkeys has turned my mental image of monkeys from the adorable organ grinder’s fez-clad monkey to a frightening beast with vicious fangs and ungodly strength and speed, being a gardener has caused me to eye every bird in the backyard suspiciously.

Yeah, you might be a symbol of hope and letting dreams take flight, but you better not be looking at that kale. Or I will REALLY give you something to tweet about…

I know there’s a funny joke in there about birds being on Twitter and I’m gonna think of it someday, I swear.

It is amazing that scorch-your-face-off peppers like cowhorns can produce such little delicate flowers. I planted these on a fellow gardener’s recommendation for a prolific hot pepper – and boy, was he right – they are already covered in 6-8cm peppers and tiny blooms.

I sowed the last of the maché from last year wondering if the seeds were still viable and got four tiny little plants.

Not everything I grow is edible – my neighbor up the street offered me some daisy transplants a while back and I thought I’d give them a try. These are daisy blooms #2 and #3 with what looks like lots others on the way.

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