Not Diggin' It

Truth be told ... I thought this whole "gardening" thing would be a whole lot easier!

Throw the seeds in the dirt, a little sun, a little water, wah-lah! never spend money on veggies again. Right!?

 

... wrong.

 

 

This would be a cucumber, zucchini, OR maybe even a squash growing out of my tomato plant. Funny enough, ALL of my tomato plants have a mysterious something growing out of them. I took all my starts that I thought were "duds" (aka nothing had yet sprouted) & used them for my tomato starts. Well, low and behold ... the assortment of unsprouted seeds just needed a little more time before they wanted to make their debut.

 

 

 

I thought the peas were doing fabulous ... up until they all dried out. I think I managed to pick one or two before the whole crop (that's what you call it, right!?) died. Apparently they don't like hot, dry weather.

Umm ... are those worms growing out of my onions!? Yuck!



 

 

SO, imagine my surprise when I get home from a little weekend vacation and find in my little garden this HUGE zucchini (oh & uh, excuse the beer can ... I just needed a universal size reference!)

 

 

Maybe like in life, good things happen when you don't force them.