Green Beans

This is an early morning photo. We are in a heat advisory today and I might melt.  The green beans seem to love this weather.  I picked lots of beans today, and this photo shows the blossoms of  Slenderette, a variety which is both prolific and tasty.  So tasty!  In the middle of the winter I will occasionally splurge on fresh green beans, trying to re-create this wonderful sensation of freshly picked beans. No garden?  My advice is to visit a farmer's market or beg some beans from a friendly neighbor. 

Visit to Two Public Gardens

This weekend I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College.  My husband joked that we should both get jobs there, but it's not a good idea.  With a garden like that, I'd spend more time outside than indoors.

I also visited the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.  The tree is Japanese Lilac Tree, which is the last lilac to bloom and blooms every other year.  I'm looking around my gardening spaces trying to figure out where to put one--along with many of the other plants and trees and shrubs that caught my fancy during this visit.  If I ever move to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, I want to be close to the Arboretum so I can visit during every season.