New Life: Swiss Chard

Since my last post, I've pulled the dying zucchini plant from our garden (and discovered more Squash Vine Borer larvae within the stem), lamenting not only it's loss, but the new void in its mulched bed.

Pondering the Circle of Life, yesterday (7/15), I quickly realized my new opportunity to plant the Swiss Chard seeds that I have so far ignored this year. Seedlings are expected to emerge in no fewer than 10 days and the plants should be ready for harvest in about 60 (approx. mid-September).
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The yellow squash seems to be hanging on and may very well be able to produce more fruit.

One positive note is that we did eat one small zucchini from the plant before it died. A packet of 25 seeds costs $3.75 (or $0.15/seed). I planted 4 seeds, hoping for 50% germination, and got one plant out of it after thinning--and, unfortunately, only one fruit from that one plant. Thus we paid $0.60 for that zucchini... Probably the same it would cost at the grocery store.
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NOTE: Regarding economic stats, I don't factor in the time I spend (and the cost of my time for) preparing soil, planting seeds, and watering--as this turns out to be a pleasurable activity in my mind, not work...