More garden pictures

Morning glories this morning
truly glorious


Kentucky wonder that has attached itself to the sprinkler


Shackamaxon bean pods

Was out in the garden again to check on what was forming yesterday and got pictures of the Shackamaxon bean starting to put on tiny pods from the pretty purple flowers yesterday.


Shackamaxon pole bean pods


Whippoorwill cowpeas with a purple flower



An elusive bee. They are there, just in small numbers and very quick moving


Large sticky hard bodied ants
seem to also be gathering on some of the cowpeas. These are black eyed peas.
I think they are gathering the same nectar the wasps are after,
and are very protective against other insects trying to eat the plant.


The experiment bean, severely bugged
but good to capture the plant leaves.

These seem very 'bugged', and for the record, have no wasps or ants on them. There was a fuzzy bumblebee coming by on this and the pinto plant next to it to visit the flowers. There is definitely some politics going on out there - and this one is losing out on the protection from the aggressive insects because it has no nectar buds outside the flowers.


The experiment 'Esme'
I'm thinking more and more this is of the 'vermont cranberry' type