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I was out watering my squash patch this morning when I spotted something hilarious: One of my squash plants - which have been in the ground and growing for four months now - is only just starting to really fruit. In the meantime, this little bugger has put runners up a 30' tree directly behind the patch and on the neighbor’s property line, covering it almost all the way on one side.

This morning I realized that some of the fruit that are coming in are coming in at the top of that tree.

The size of my arm.

30' up.

*head desk*

*goes to look for a ladder for harvest before she brains her neighbor with falling squash*

*chuckle*

Current Mood: amused

saoirse42 came over last weekend and helped out with some garden maintenance and seed starts for the coming months. We managed to get the front plot weeded and rid of dead plants (cantaloupe, cucumber & pole beans all came out), the back plot's "empty nests" turned over with some nice Starbucks grounds ("See Ma, Starbucks *is* good for something!") and 4.5 seedling trays planted. We also got two of the three lettuse beds re-seeded - one of them with the greens seeds that SoMa brought back from her trip to Italy! - and they are already sprouting!

*happy dance*

( *snip* *snip* for plant list... )