My hand for scale.This is probably a baby Dekay’s Brown Snake.It was moving along on a sidewalk near the OU campus. So not actually the garden. But I have seen this species in the yard before.
Bisbee cowpeas flowering moreI liked the contrast on this one.“Stubby” variety of okra.An okra flower with a little sweat bee flying by!This is the first okra flower I’ve seen in person here since they seem to keep banker’s hours.A little green-striped cushaw squash!Leaf of the squash is looking a bit rough.Found another Madhu Ras melon! This one is bigger.Salvia greggii “Diane” purple cultivar has bloomed! Now only waiting on the orange part of rainbow garden to bloom.Whoa. I did not realize this cushaw squash was here!A male Sachem on a Peruvian ground cherry. There is a flower in the background so I hope it’ll start producing soon.Two immature fruits on Amish Paste tomato.I think this is one of my stratification butterfly milkweed that I planted directly! Very excited!A doodlebug (also known as an ant lion) trap waiting for some little critter to walk by! I feel very good about the predators in the garden right now, keeping plant-eaters in check, as I also saw a little brown snake slither away. We had a Dekay’s Brown Snake last year so it was probably that. May it be fat and happy on earwigs!One of the rosemary bushes is blooming!