Photo of the Week: Six-legged spider

I found three more banded garden spiders while doing yard work. One of them has only six legs but seems to be getting along just fine.

Photo of the Week: Garden spiders

 

1st spider among my vegetables

2nd spider among the flowers

Photo of the Week: End of August harvest

Soybeans for edamame, tomatoes, & purslane. Still plenty of purslane and tomatoes in the garden plus carrots and sweet potatoes.

Photo of the Week: Fasciated black-eyed Susan

 

Photo of the Week: (Not so) secret garden

 

A whole host of flowers 24 hours before a storm rolled through.

Photo of the Week: Dalea purpurea

 

Newest flower in my garden

Photo of the Week: Liatris spicata

 

Dense blazing star

Photo of the Week: Lobelia

 

Photo of the Week: Eastern red columbine

 

Phot of the Week: The first sign of Spring

Fourteen clumps of daffodils and one columbine. They actually began pushing up in mid-February but got buried by a foot of snow before I could get pictures.

Photo of the Week: 2025 Sweet Potato Crop

 

Photo of the Week: Frost Aster

 

Photo of the Week: Baltimore checkerspot

 

Photo of the Week: Roofline sunflower

 

July 13, 2025

Update: I scheduled this post nearly a month in advance. Just before 6 AM on the morning of July 19, 2025 a very weak tornado swept through the area and toppled the sunflowers. I already made a post about that specific event but am reposting the photos here.

Photo of the Week: Life, uh, finds a way

 

Photo of the Week: Wild Bergamot

 

Photo of the Week: Blanketflower

 

Photo of the Week: Plains coreopsis 2025

 

Trying to get a good picture with the wind blowing is challenging.

Photo of the Week: Coral bells