Mystery solved!

I feel so silly for forgetting. I planted a hill of Heirloom Winter Squash. That must be what this is! It just keeps getting bigger and rounder every day. It has looped itself in through the trellis fence, so there's no way for me to put it closer to the ground to keep it safe from gravity. I've put a sling around it for now, but may have to improvise as it gets bigger. I'm so glad I solved the mystery!

Pumpkin Obsession?

Or just pumpkin love? I can't tell.

Pumpkin slings and weird squash part Two!

The unknown squash has gotten rounder around the middle today (haha, just like me!) so now I'm even more puzzled about what it could be.


This pumpkin grew about two feet up on a section of my lattice fence. This will have to work for now until I can come up with a better way to support it!

Name that squash?

This first one is pretty easy...it's my first pumpkin ever! She's going strong so far. These are the "Baby Pam" variety, so they will probably get to be no more than 4-5 pounds. I think it's really wonderful to be watching my vegetables grow as I watch my belly grow too. :)

I'm certain that I did not knowingly plant these. I planted pumpkin seeds, zucchini seeds, and "autumn-winged gourd" seeds. This to me does not look like any of those! Any suggestions? Mismarked seeds? Rndom yellow or crook-necked squash seed mixed in? Either way, it looks so cool!

Hooray for the rain water barrel!

It's been really, really dry around here. You can see all the dead grass at my feet. We don't waste a single drop of water on the useless grass...all of the water we have goes to the veggies. We had a little bit of rain the other day, just enough to fill the barrel again about halfway.


We fill empty soda bottles collected from the nearby park (we're not soda drinkers ourselves) and put them onto water stakes that stick down into the ground by the plants' roots. This helps the water get where it really needs to be, and we lose less to evaporation in the heat. It's been just at least 90 or higher for the last 10 days or so, so the plants need every drop of water they can get.

Proud pumpkin mama!

I have three pumpkin plants, all this size! I'm so excited, I might actually get pumpkins this year. It's been so hot and dry that I've been really keeping an eye on them. Both rain water barrels are empty so I'm watering with our well water. Hope it rains soon!