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What's growing in my garden? I didn't plant it. It's just doing it's thing. It's also become one with the mystery tomato plant growing beside/in/on it.
Here's a picture of the flower if that helps
Everything about this plant is comically oversized
That's an acorn squash. They're great baked with a little butter or margarine and maple syrup.
Awesome, I had terrible luck starting seeds this year. At least I have something to harvest this year other than cucumbers, tomatoes and red mustard leaves.
My chaos garden is full of surprises this year
Before you cook them, try a small piece an check that it isn't bitter.
(Becoming bitter and poisonous can happen to any squash, cucumber or pumpkin not grown from original seed)
If it isn't bitter, it's fine.
I was burying veggie scraps under the snow and leaves during the winter so it likely came from that, but I'll keep that in mind when it comes time to harvest them :)
Just better be safe than sorry :-)
Acorn squash. Seeds will survive compost a lot.
I didn't add compost to this garden bed this year. I did throw all the household's veggie scraps into that bed during the winter so it likely came from there.
My new compost pile is even lazier this summer as I just throw layers of veggie scraps with layers of greens from my garden cuttings. I'm pretty sure there's more seeds in that pile somewhere.
Whatever happens, happens. Surprises are fun :)
Isn't that how Poltergeist 1 started?
I hear ya. We have a 1/4 acre of gardens. We have stuff pop up all over the place.