Garden scorecard

Every spring I start off with a mental list of goals for the summer garden.  This fall I take a look outside and see how we fared.

A glorious field of sunflowers...WIN

 

Happy health sweet corn...LOSE! The east wind blew in our latest hot weather and blew the corn down.

 A rainbow of tomatoes...WIN

Beautiful flowers...WIN!  Of course, I can't remember the name of this annual (I always think I will remember, and I never do), but it has flourished and looks like a hummingbird's delight.

Pattypan squash...UNNECESSARY WIN.  From Wikipedia: "The squash is most tender when relatively immature; it is generally served when it is no more than two to three inches in diameter". Well, they somehow got away from us, and we now have a wheelbarrow full of football sized squash.  Luckily, if we chop them up, the chickens will eat 'em up.

 

I guess this summer really shaped up.  Granted, I spent most of it hugely pregnant or with my arms full of baby, so the weeds are the real winner in our garden this year.  But I've got plans...so watch out next year!