I have accidentally created two identical threads for June 2017 and am unable to delete either one of them. Therefore, seeing as June is a heavy month for garden photos, I'm going to post a link on each to the other thread and leave both (not as if I have any choice). Use whichever thread you like to post pictures of your June gardens. Hopefully both threads will fill up somewhat equally.

The link to the other June Garden Photo thread is here:

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/4671411/show-us-your-gardens-june-2017

I guess, since this month is about half over, I may as well start filling up this duplicate and accidental thread that I was unable to delete.

The box of salad greens on my front porch (safe from nibbling bunnies) have not only yielded tasty additions to our salads, but also some pretty blooms in various colors now that some of the plants have begun to bolt.

This brings me to something I've been thinking about lately. Last year the mizuna and the dill in my vegetable garden went to seed late in the year, creating an interesting effect. Around that same time, there was a bit on our local news channel about planting certain herbs and vegies in the vegetable garden partially or entirely for show by allowing them to bolt after they have served their original purpose.

Then this year I turned my gnome garden, previously the home to a mix of perennials and annual flowers, into all perennials. The shade in this garden has increased and also the ground is cris-crossed with roots from the growing quaking aspen behind it, making me loath to dig there lest I harm the tree. Here it is this year with newly planted salvia amongst the older salvia plants, wild daisies, and daylilies about to bloom.

So the vegetable patch has now become home to my annual flowers in addition to a hill of summer squash, mizuna, and dill. I find that now in my mind there is no longer such a definite partition between flower gardens and vegetable gardens.

The only other point of interest right now are my yellow iris surrounding my water garden, home to my goldfish. I think they may be invasive yellow flag irises, but hopefully they cannot escape to reach natural bodies of water. Several of them stowed away in a bunch of daylilies that a friend rescued from a construction site and gave to us. The foliage in front of the clump of iris on the right and behind one of the solar lights is jewelweed which the hummingbirds and other pollinators love.

Your box for salad greens is food for thought. It's been a tough year for my dill between bunnies, squirrels, and woodchucks.