Sense in the summer...

Finally returned to the community center to renew my (lapsed) three-month gym membership, and noticed the following on the side of the center, its small youth garden in full bloom:

Beanstalk reaching for the sky


Grape tomatoes doing a Jackie Gleason impression


Dwarf sunflowers


Sage


Marigolds and green peppers


Thyme (one of the three types there)


Name these flowers!

Anise hyssop in bloom

At least the community center (which is next door to an elementary school) had the good sense to keep a garden, unlike Bancroft Elementary in DC, which demolished its garden (which Michelle Obama helped the school revive). The little garden that could shows how much food can be grown in a small space; even most townhomes have this amount of space (if you count the front and back), and many of the herbs and tomatoes can be grown in containers. If I could only rip out the entire monster juniper the developer put in front!