ugh. we are going to need a u-haul to clear away all these vines in the fall -- it's true.





here's some container gardening that hasn't yet gotten out of control -- nandinia or "heavenly bamboo" from my friend lisa in south carolina, and a christmas fern. flannery inspects.





luckily, the vines haven't choked out the perennials we bought this year, like the scented sumac, and the cinquefoil (blooming again, to our surprise.)



the vines have, however, headed straight down the alley.







but it has not been unfruitful! there's this little guy...







and this, our prize.