Well, so much for trying to support the sunflower in the old kitchen garden.
We had high winds again this morning, and the last of the three flower stalks on the remaining sunflower in the old kitchen garden finally broke. It was actually still upright when I came out this morning, but by the time I came back to the house, it was lying on the ground.
Sadness.
While checking the garden beds, I did get a little bit of a harvest this morning.
It all could fit in my pocket! 😀
This is the largest I’ve ever let a pattypan squash get. Any bigger, and they start developing their seeds. One of these days, I should try letting some fully mature. At that point, when the seeds are removed, they leave a cavity that can be stuffed for roasting, which I do want to try. We just really like them at this stage, though. 🙂 For next year, I plan to try other varieties of pattypan squash, and hope to grow some to save seeds, too. Since I accidentally bought three summer squash collections for this year, instead of one, we don’t actually need to buy more squash seeds, but I like to try new varieties.
That is definitely one of the biggest benefits of having a garden. There are so many varieties that are just never in the stores!
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 
LOL! We also had a windstorm and now all the sunflowers are laying down like dead solders. It is sad, but kind of funny looking, too.
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Oh, no!!
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Those squash are so pretty. What great color and shape they are. Your poor sunflower, it deserved a dignified death lol.
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Thank you.
We have been having such issues with sunflowers, and we’ve only tried growing them for two years! LOL I am determined to grow sunflowers successfully, though. 😀
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Sorry to hear about your poor sunflowers! We had high winds and rain here as well. Your squash looks wonderful though! 😁
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At least the ones way out in the far garden beds have been handling the wind okay!
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That’s good at least! This weather has been something else lately.
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Yes, it’s been a wild year, all over!!
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Indeed, hopefully next year is better!
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