When I was in Wisconsin I heard the word "bolting" used in the context of gardening for the first time. I've always known it as "going to seed"....but now I have a new name for it. When vegetables and herbs go to seed...or bolt....their food source season is over and they begin the process of reproducing.
I haven't had a home with enough sun for a vegetable garden in a long time...so bolting has been off my radar screen. But when I came home from Wisconsin I now know that's exactly what happened to my little salad garden that Janice gave me....the sudden vertical growth and flowering of the lettuce plants. I learned from the article above that the tiny flowers from bolting are loved by pollinators....so I composted it a little too soon.
And today....while visiting Janice....I got the whole "bolting" experience with her cilantro....and it was sight to behold.
This is a cilantro bloom....getting ready to make some seeds. It's quite delicate and lovely...the bees will be happy!
It was a beautiful summer scene.... the blue sky and the lacy dill in the background....
and the mass of bolted cilantro in the front.
Here are a few more things I loved from Janice's house.
Look at the holes in the petals of the rose. So interesting!
And I loved this hairy Queen Anne's lace bud.
And finally...I'm not the only one who loves watching blooms dry. Janice had a whole bouquet of drying allium blooms. It looks like a little firework bolt....pun intended. (is that even a thing? It is now.)
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