Fruit day · rising moon, first quarter

Harvest quinces before the first frost arrives, as even a light freeze quickly softens their firm, fragrant flesh.

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Sparaxis tricolor
Babiana stricta
Dry-Seared Mushroom Pilaf with Thyme, Walnuts and Crisp Shallots
a flower bed in full sun, flowering in summer
Allium schubertii
Tatsoi
Skirret
Romanesco
Pak choi
Okra

Polka dot plant with pink spotted leaves in a pot
Scindapsus pictus
Syngonium podophyllum
Stromanthe sanguinea
Philodendron hederaceum

a flower bed in full sun, flowering in summer
Sanguinaria canadensis
Polemonium reptans
Packera aurea
Gillenia trifoliata white star-shaped flowers in close-up

Medicinal plants

Close-up of fresh lemon verbena leaves being harvested by hand in a summer garden
Fresh elderflower clusters in full bloom on a Sambucus nigra shrub in summer garden
Close-up of overgrown flowering thyme with woody stems in a summer herb garden
Fresh aloe vera leaf broken open revealing thick clear gel on sunburned skin
Freshly harvested lavender and chamomile bundles laid on a rustic wooden surface in summer sunlight

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