Here Comes the Crops doo doo doo doo

When I was in high school the farthest thing from my mind were crops, gardens, livestock or bees. My how things have changed. All four of those topics are part of my every day conversations and our concern over honeybee colony collapse or HCC has had us considering putting a hive in our own backyard! WHO AM I? Just Kidding. Like all aspects of getting older, our ideas, concerns and values change (hopefully for the better).

We got a late start to our garden this year because we were in Hawaii during prime planting time. We had a fabulous time in Hawaii, but it set our crops back about 6 weeks. In June we are normally enjoying the first fruits of our labor. But this year with small plants and not a single bee to be found, we had some serious concerns that we'd have any crops at all. But alas, God must have provided the bees when we weren't outside because last night we finally started to see some fruits on our blooms.


                                                             Spaghetti Squash

 

Butternut Squash

 

Cucumber

                                                             and then the mystery plant

 

 

 

the mystery plant's fruit

The mystery plant is just that, a mystery! It came up completely on its own. It cropped up underneath the turkey coop and started to flourish without being watered by us. It's clearly in the squash family, based on the leaves and flowers of the plant, also it's sending off runners. My primary guess is pumpkin but I guess we'll know for sure in a few weeks!

So even though we are yet to see a single bee in our yard, they clearly are coming in undetected! So work away little bees!