Serendipity!

In gardening, as in other areas of our lives, we can have serendipity! [Serendipity is the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something else]. Here I show the three squash plants that I transplanted a couple of weeks ago. The two plants, to the left and in the back, were growing well in their little starter pots and had several leaves each. The plant on the right was a slow starter and had sprouted only two days before being transplanted, which meant that it only had it's baby leaves (cotyledons) and no "true" leaves. I thought maybe it would grow, but if it didn't there was no real loss. Wonder of wonders, it has grown faster than the other two, and as you can see, it already has fruit where the other two are barely starting to fruit! This is serendipity! I didn't really expect the plant to survive, but it has outshone the other two!

Always plant when you are on the fence--is it too late to plant or will I have time before the frost? Just do it! You never know when we will have a later-than-average frost or a warmer-than-normal late fall--and you could have a great harvest! Seeds are cheap--go ahead and plant!