Mo' problems

I had a bit of my morning off today so I spent a little time in the garden. I was super excited to find a new butternut squash (~5 inches long) growing on one of the many vines reaching out way beyond the garden bed. I decided I'd rather see the fruit growing on the mulch so I lifted it up, thinking the spindly vine it was hanging on would come too. My mistake. Instead, the fruit snapped off as easy as if it were a twig of a dead branch. The problem was the vine, with its many tendrils, had affixed itself to the grass in our yard, rendering it stuck there.

Many expletives were emitted.

[Note to self: next year plan on accommodating the large vines of the butternut squash. Also, look into trimming the vines--I wonder if that will keep the plant more compact and robust. Currently the different branches look skinny and pathetic and I don't have faith that the whole plant will live for much longer--especially since I've already killed two young fruits on this one plant so far.]

I did harvest another yellow squash, though. I think this is number three.

I spent the rest of my time trimming back lamb's ear, sage, and oregano; I'm conducting an experiment on establishing cuttings of oregano and lamb's ear...