green patch of thick leaves, blossoms, buds, and darkening yellow to deep purple round fruits

Early Eggplant

Buds, blossoms and fruit… Photo: Jane Strauss

small bright lemon yellow blossom in the middle of many pear-shaped green prickly cacti

In Bloom

Plains prickly pear cactus… Photo: Brian Donahue

many flowers in a garden patch with a cat looking out a window in the background

I Spy

My favorite journey… Photo: Katie Simon-Dastych

side view of a wild brown and tan rabbit sitting on a grass lawn

Garden Invader

stopped to pose… Photo: Chris Balck

dark green cucumbers hanging off vines on a wooden trellis, with big leaves in the foreground

Cucumber Weather

I foresee refrigerator pickles… Photo: Jane Strauss

large flower with six purple petals and a feathery white center on a gray wooden background

Clematis

creeps over a fence… Photo: Chris Balck

tall columns of green vines with light green buds against a blue sky with some clouds

Sky High

at Longfellow Community Hops. Photo: David Skarjune

yellow bulb-shaped vegetable hangs atop a vine-covered trellis with a yellow stucco bungalow house in background

Squash your Yard

like charding your yard… Photo: Jane Strauss

slate gray rock faces with stripes of white, brown, and red colors amidst garden ground cover plants

Igneous Intrusion

for a neighborhood garden. Photo: Chris Balck

wide row of bushy flowering plants with an older two-story brick school building in background

Fall Colors

at Howe Elementary garden. Photo: Roxanne Dunlop

A Minnesota Wildflower, the Sanguinaria canadensis (or Bloodroot) blooms for only a day or two before dying

After the Rain

The flower of the Bloodroot blooms for only a day or two before dying.