Monday, October 19, 2009

a week in pictures

The last harvest of herbs. Upper left to lower left: oregano on top of sage, thyme, winter savory and chives. Upper right, yarrow. Lower right, Greek oregano.


dried leeks



Leek flower bud


Leek flower bud cross section



Leek bulb reproduction


Leek bulb reproduction: you can see the bulblet was indeed attached to the larger bulb. Leeks are related to lilies, garlic and onions so this type of reproduction should not surprise me, I guess, but I had not seen it before. Less than 10% showed bulblets.

1 comment:

oldcrow61 said...

You've grown some very nice stuff.

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