These are my squash. It's difficult to see them, and yes, they are teensy, but there are four little squash on the vine so far. This was taken two days ago and the "big" one here in the middle is already twice this size and the next biggest one is this big.
My other squash died after being decimated by a sudden thunderstorm. Its main stem broke and that was all she wrote.
But I am somewhat surprised and definitely pleased by how well the remaining one is doing. Next year, I'll probably plant four of these.
This is the same plant, but I wanted you to see my nifty self-watering bottle. It's a terra cotta stake that goes into the container and then you fill a bottle of water and stick it down in there. These are mineral water bottles I painted to keep the light out so they wouldn't grow too much algae.
Here's one of my tomatoes. Except not really. Fine, I broke down and bought two plants. Both are doing well. They had blossoms when I bought them, which I pruned off. Soon they had more blossoms and now they have green tomatoes. I have about four on each plant now. My actual tomato seedlings are still only about an inch tall. What's up with that? I started them in early April! They are healthy, but only have four leaves each!
Remember the silly milk bottle in the middle of this planter? It's finally doing what I had planned and hiding under the wild flowers. Some are getting buds, including the teddy bear sunflowers I put all around the outer rim.
The lettuce produced beautifully for a month and we had many delicious salads. It's pretty much done now, so I planted carrots in that planter. I also put carrots in the pots where the cucumbers bit it and in the space which held the short-lived and under-producing broccoli raab.
This has nothing to do with gardening. It's Nat's picture of a guitar on her magnadoodle. She was very proud and keen that I take a picture and preserve it forever. I have to say, I am impressed. It's pretty good for a magnadoodle, don't you think? She drew it from life, copying her ukulele:
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