I juni, skörda grönsallad, rödbeta, lök, blomkål, ärtor, rovor, morötter, fänkål, vitlök och bondbönor. Midsommarnatten markerar traditionellt sett slutet på sparrissäsongen. Så franska och löparbönor, ärtor, spenat och mangold. Pumpor, zucchini, märg och andra squash kan sås nu,fortfarande. Men skynda dig. Vattna din potatis. Mata dina tomater. Enjoy the warmer weather and the fruits of your labour. During the summer months, birds require high protein foods, especially while they are moulting. Black sunflower seeds, pinhead oatmeal, soaked sultanas, raisins and currants, mild grated cheese, mealworms, wax worms, good seed mixtures without peanuts will all be valued by the birds.
Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
Henry James
Who comes with summer to this earth
And owes to June her hour of birth,
With ring of agate on her hand
Can health, wealth, and long life command.
Anonym
But when Aurora, daughter of the dawn,
With rosy lustre purpled o’er the lawn.
Homer
“The hum of bees is the voice of the garden.”
Elizabeth Lawrence