It started off very exciting. Blearily washing dishes on the Tuesday after Labor Day I glanced up from the sink and saw two very exciting yellow flowers on my zucchini plant. Hello ladies!
And just three days later, while doing my second watering of the day (yes, that’s happening now) I saw those flowers had started turning into zucchini!
That happened fast. Here’s a close up:
Pretty awesome, right? Well…yes. But take a step back, and you’ll see that this damn zucchini plant is starting to take over the entire farm!
There’s a Japanese eggplant hiding under the enormous leaves to the right (planted in the same EarthBox), and to the left, there’s a little determinate tomato plant struggling to find some sun. I spaced out the Earthboxes a bit in the hopes that the little tomato will catch a break. But this zucchini plant is aggressive.
Watch out Jonah!
4 responses so far ↓
gwen // May 29, 2009 at 7:29 pm |
Deborah, I am so excited to see your blog! It’s going into my RSS reader right now.
And I’m jealous of how far along your garden is… here in sub-arctic Ithaca, it’s barely warm enough to put seedlings in the ground. I have a 20×25-foot plot in a community garden, and fully half of it still isn’t planted.
Can’t wait to read more about your gardening adventures! (And Jonah, who by the way, is absolutely adorable.)
mypatiofarm // June 1, 2009 at 6:20 pm |
So good to hear from you Gwen!! Yeah, I have to say, when I contemplate moving back to the east coast I always get really stuck on the gardening part. Here winter equals cool weather crop season–so lettuce and broccoli and kale. You can really grow vegetables outside all year round. LA is the greatest sometimes.
Maybe you can send me a picture of your plot and I can put it on the blog! (only 40 people will read it, but I like the idea of sharing!)
Kristen // May 31, 2009 at 5:45 pm |
Don’t forget to stuff and fry those blossoms – yum!
Kevin // May 31, 2009 at 10:14 pm |
Hahaha! The Jonah line made me legit guffaw.