Italian Globe Artichokes gone to flower and drying. I usually let the last few bloom but they rarely do’t go brown. This year there are purple Mohawks everywhere.

#BackyardHaiku #7
With purple spikes, a
plant bespoke Fall’s feast for eyes
Blooming artichoke
© Rick Ehling ✍️08/31/2024, 📷 08/26/2024 🌱 #artichoke #autumn #SanFrancisco #California #secondseason #gardening #Haiku #mohawk

My current backyard wonder. Crinum Lily is a fall bloom here. In pink, white, or striped they are keepers. No water needed here aside from our winter season and fog.

#BackyardHaiku #6
Pink trumpets blare in
morning gold air Banishing
bits of lived despair
© Rick Ehling✍️08/31/2024, 📷 08/26/2024 🌱 #CrinumLily 🇿🇦
#SanFrancisco #California #secondseason #gardening #Haiku #pinkwednesday #autumn

Chive in bloom, here mixed with some weedy grass.


#BackyardHaiku #5
Dotted dishes never
my favor Still I savor
flowers that flavor
©️ Rick Ehling ✍️ 05/01/2024, 📷 04/30/2024
#Chives 🌱 #SanFrancisco #California 🍽️🍜 #Haiku #food #FoodFriday #polyphenols
I try to grow most #herbs here in my modern medieval monks’ #garden.