Surveying My Plant Kingdom

The zucchini plants have fanned out over the yard for no particular reason. I moved a bunch of the pots in and out of the screen cage a couple days ago and this is where everything landed. The zuc in the front is not very happy because he was one of the ones that got evicted from the cage. I think the leaves had been leaning against the screen and are missing the lack of support now. Most of the pots have two zuc plants each in them because I was too kind hearted when they were babies to pick one to sacrifice. On the left inside the chicken wire with the small window screen on top are some of the beans. They're pressing the top of the screen though so I think they'd prefer something taller. Inside the cage are more beans, two butternut squash plants, a zucchini or two that hasn't flowered yet, and a small mint plant that I tried to keep inside but wasn't getting enough light through the window. In the back are the three tomato plants.

I hand-pollinated another girl zucchini flower this morning just in case much to the chagrin of the ants who had already moved in.


My beans are in various stages of development. The little pods are just so adorable. Some of the others are getting pretty big, so I'm going to need to figure out when the best time to pick them is.