The squash is taking over the
Mostly, it's spaghetti squash. Like this:
This is only one. Without moving, or looking under leaves, I counted 19 more friends for this guy.
20+ spaghetti squash. Not too much, right? Right?
And then there's the buttercup squash - cutest thing in the garden:
Except for this:
Baby watermelon! All together now - awwwwww!
And this:
Baby pattypans!
Okay, I'll stop with the squash.
Right after this:
Yellow zucchini! (Thank you, spellcheck inventor, because I never spell
I've been eating green
Even though the plant looks like this:
The tomatoes are coming right along, along with the peppers, finally:
Cayenne!!
I've been eating radishes, spinach and some lettuce for a while now, and just harvested 3 heads of this:
And two napa cabbages - stir fry tonight!
The heads are rather small, but I had to share with the cabbageworms {shudder}. In fact, they got one entire head, and one didn't head out at all, so the napa is batting 50% this year.
Other things have been going on while I've been busy elsewhere:
Peas!
Beans!!
I'm surprised I have any peas, after the Great Rabbit Attack of 2010.
Not only did the *&@* thing eat the peas, it SLEPT on them. Morning after morning, in spite of the fence, I'd look out the window to see the rabbit snoozing away.
So then I killed it, gave the carcass to the dogs, and spread it's fur to warn all the other rabbits. Bwahahahahahhaaa!!
Okay, not really. But I did spread fur around the garden and it seems to be working! I have an excess of fur for some reason...
"I'm cute!"
You're fat!
"I don't like you anymore. You hurt my feelings"
That's okay. You're still fat.*
The garden is growing, and doing quite well, especially for my first one ever - at least in my opinion.
"But the garden is not us, so it is unimportant. Now get us food"
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*Katy has actually lost ~3 pounds so far. So while she has a
Your garden looks fabulous!
ReplyDeleteFur, you say. *rubs chin* I'll keep that in mind.
Thanks Liz! I use dog fur, but if chin fur is what you have... :))
ReplyDeleteI make no guarantees, but nothing has been rabbit-eaten since I put it down!
Too bad you can't leave the dogs out to scare the rabbits away. Methinks the schnauzers would enjoy that! ; )
ReplyDeleteAmy, I think they would too! Unfortunately, they'd also enjoy digging in the dirt, eating the veggies, barking at the birds... :)
ReplyDeleteI have been having trouble managing my melon and zucchini plants as well. They just love to spread themselves. I think I might try trellising them next year.
ReplyDeleteYour squash plant looks really healthy! Hopefully you won't experience the rust and cucumber beetles I'm battling at the moment.
Thomas, I posted this a bit too soon. It now looks like I'm going to lose a vast majority of my crop to the @*$*!* cucumber beetles and bacterial wilt. :((
ReplyDeleteBut at least I'll be prepared for them next year...
And thanks for commenting!