starting the autumn quarter garden! it's stll been pretty warm here in northern california, so my lemongrass is growing like crazy. I tried to create a border with marigolds, but only the left side seems to have held up. 

at this point pretty sure these weren't roma tomatoes, but couldn't exactly tell what they were? sadly they didn't really taste that good when cooked :( 

as a true southern californian, i had to plant bougainvillea!  

(also recently discovered an instagram account devoted to the bougainvilleas of los angeles https://www.instagram.com/bougsofla/?hl=en) 

round 2 of the roma tomatoes! they look different this year?

 (also thinking of using the leaves to make homemade pasta https://www.reddit.com/r/food/comments/f5vd9w/prochef_tomato_leaf_maccheroncini/) 

thyme invading everything (at least it smells great!)

there are poppies blooming everywhere around the on campus garden plots!

sadly, these are the best the tulips every bloomed :( so close! I think it's because it was a super warm winter here in northern california

tulips (legally!) from amsterdam starting to bud :) 

roma tomatoes thriving in the current heat wave!

the shishito pepper russian roulette begins :) 

surprise calla lily cheering me up after the first day of chemo :) 

ladybug!

kale

thyme

chamomile

lemongrass

marigolds

rosemary

roma tomatoes

alpine strawberries

Japanese eggplant

foxgloves

shishito peppers

cherry tomatoes after a random late-summer rain + farewell before I leave to visit MIT :(

stout little jalapeños ❤️

the most aesthetic carrots in the world

nobody knows if the flower is named after the myth or the myth is named after the flower

the very first alpine strawberry!

marigolds

garlic chives

carrots

calla lilies

pansies

jalapeños

a burst of dahlias! 

starting the garden, with the coolest moss 😍