Here we had a lovely warm sunny day, better that most of the days we had in August. The warmer temperatures the last week have finally brought out the asters which were stubbornly refusing to flower.
- The first is a pink one. Not many flowers but the poor thing is living in a pot waiting for a nice bed to find a home in. I think I have the place now – not sure if it would be best planted out once it has finshed flowering or to wait till the spring.
2. A purple aster with smaller flowers. This one at least is in a flower bed.
3. Next this week is a late flowering opium poppy with a common carder bee.
4. A bit of a caterpillar infestation on the ragged jack kale!
5. A marrow that will hopefully make its way to be chutney with some of the green tomatoes in the greenhouse.
6. And finally this week I just liked this pattern on a beetroot we had for dinner so I thought I would share it.
Thank you to The Propagator for hosting Six On Saturday.
The beetroot looks like something taken by the Hubble telescope. The poppy looks like a flower photographed by an accomplished photographer, beautiful.
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Thank you. Yes I thought the beetroot was a bit galaxy like too.
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That pink aster is so pretty. I haven’t grown them before, and now only have annuals.
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They are good for late summer / early autumn colour
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Love the poppy and bee photo!
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Both bumble and honey bees do like these poppies:)
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Beautiful flowers. The beetroot is quite spectacular – the beauty of ordinary things that we often miss.
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so true. I find that one of great things about taking photographs – is you look for little details like this.
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Such a varied and wonderful set of six Karina 🙂 Love the bee/poppy and beetroot images. I’ll have a jar of chutney
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Just doing green tomato chutney as I type:)
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Multi talented woman 🙂 🙂
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Ah thank you.
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Well it’s bubbling away, as I type!
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LOL
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A lovely six… even the caterpillars! 😉 I’ve changed my tune about them as I’ve come to realize that with insects in decline, so are birds. Now I’m cheering the holes chewed in my plants. 😀
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Yes, if we can sacrifice a few plants for the caterpillar and slugs, it is all for the great good.
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What a glorious beetroot shot!
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Glad you liked it:)
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From Reader, you photo of the beetroot looked like a snail!
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🙂
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Great capture of the bee zeroing in on the poppy!
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Glad you liked it:)
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A garden needs Asters at this time of year. I’d be lost without them. Lovely Six
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Thank you. Yes, I have come to appreciate asters for this time of year, and such pretty flowers too
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Yes, yes. I must get some asters – such colours at this time of year. Do you know what caterpillars these are? And I love the psychedelic beetroot – how original.
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One of the White caterpillars, large white I think
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