Bee plants, Runner Beans

Soaked a handful of Runner Beans last night (Jim Wright's Insuks), and placed on the soil today under the window. Same principle as last year: Provide summer shade (as well as enriching soil, providing beans, color, etc.).
Some more young zucchini seedlings planted out too, in the shade bed (they really had to be planted out).
2 of the 5 gallon buckets planted with the young tomato seedlings, one tub with Green Zebra, another with Yellow Brandywine. I'll be moving these under the Topsy-Turvy pots so that when I water them, the ones underneath catch the drips/fertilizer.
The sage is looking fantastic at the moment, and is attracting a few bees. I think its important that we plant as many bee-friendly plants as possible. Next to the sage you can see some blue-flowered borage, which the bees also love (although they appear to be giving it a miss at the moment).

In the front garden, in what used to be essentially waste land, as its far from a hosepipe, I have planted a mix of native flowers with some drought-resistant non-natives. Here you can see predominantly Blue-eyed Grass and California Poppy, but behind there is a red Geranium under a White Sage. The White Sage is a desert plant, not native to the Bay Area, but is very drought-tolerant and has nice spikes of flowers that the bumblebees love. I'll be putting some more of this out next winter, hopefully, along with some more bright-colored Geraniums to show up against their silver leaves. There are other plants you cant see in the picture, wildflower seed from the packet, but also 2 kinds of onions now coming into flower, and some nice tulips that have just finished flowering. Altogether its been great for a month or more now, and promises to continue at least for another month.