weekend update

Backyard: Cleaned up the raised bed. Pulled all the tomatoes, except one Sungold for now. Also left the yard volunteer arugula — they're still (!!!!) full of bees, and I hate to cut them back while it's still warm enough for the bees to be stocking up for winter.

(UPDATE: The bees were probably our backyard neighbor's — didn't know they'd gotten a hive!)

Before-and-afters:











Late Sungolds:



Arugula and bees!







Fennel seeds:



Front yard: Front door pot:



Blackbird euphorbia and hens-and-chicks out by the mailbox:





Final diagram for the front door bed. Names in white are new plants, names in yellow are survivors from last year! [click for larger]