Squash and More Squash

My first Black Beauty zucchini was seven inches this morning so I went ahead and cut it off. I had hand-pollinated using a guy flower from the other variety of zucchini plant, so I'm glad that seems to have worked just fine.

Last night I made fried zucchini with one of the zucs I picked Sunday night. Yum! I gave the other two to a neighbor who is going to make some zucchini bread. There are some more beans that look ready for picking so I think I might do a stir fry today.

And in other exciting zucchini-related news, my mom had her first girl flower open this morning! I gave her both types of plants, so I'm not sure which one, but she was starting to lose faith, so I'm glad they're coming through for her. She's had great luck with her eggplant plant, so I'm adding that to my list to grow next year. We're both growing everything in pots. Her tomatoes are also doing much better than mine. Of my three tomato plants, one I think has a single tomato on it at this point (I found one undamaged on the ground this morning), one has tomatoes on it that look like they may be rotting, and one has tomatoes that look fine but are still all bright green.

In other squash-related news, not to be left too far behind the zucchini, the butternut squash have developed buds as well. I'm sure these are the gals with the little squash behind them, but I didn't notice any fellas. I'll have to give a closer look tomorrow. I can't decide how they feel about growing horizontal across the screen. The little tendrils are twirling around desperately seeking something to grab on to with no luck, but the plant otherwise seems reasonably content to just lay there.