Summer’s end.…from anticipation in May,
temptation in late June to early July,
satisfaction in August,
suspecting the transitory state of life in September,
realizing in October that it’s time to turn the heat on!
This post is only the (pictorial) progress of a couple of shiso plants in one summer.
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My pot of shiso is still going strong, though 
we are reaching the time when I must allow it to flower and die. My daughter took these pictures. The beauty of the beetle prevented me from killing it.
The beauty of the wasp is alarming.
A garden, if only a few pots of plants, follows its own pace. In spite of the very hot dry weather during this past week, my herbs have produced a growth spurt. It was time to pinch the top growth of leaf pairs to encourage the plants to become bushy, and to stop early flowering. I look on this event as the first small harvest. And at least a simple lunch…
Tess's Japanese Kitchen 