Yellow Squash

I can't really call it a 'success'. One squash was delicious. The other was shriveled inside. Too bad. So, I only got one squash so far. I must say this summer has been quite a failure for vegetables. My harvest was: 4 tomatos and 1 yellow squash. Those should be easy plants to grow. Well, at least I learned a lot. Next year-better soil, more shade, more consistent water. Maybe then I'll have more success.

Two More Happy Hornworms

Can you see them?

My tomato plant is pretty much dead so I am letting 2 hornworms happily engage in the circle of life. Good thing they don't like to eat squash. My yellow squash is my only vegetable that is still growing. Now that I have plenty of water...there is nothing to water. I should check out the planting calendar for Tucson and see if there are any winter crops that interest me. There I go again...I wasn't successful with anything over the summer. Why do I want to continue this fruitless gardening hobby? For some reason I still like it. Maybe I'll stumble upon something that is easy to grow one of these days. (I'm pretty good at growing hornworms!)

The Happy Horn Worm

Did you know that horn worms like Desert Willow trees as well as tomato plants? I didn't know that. This might be a different kind of horn worm. His horn looks different. I did know that another kind of smaller caterpillar loves Desert Willows. I had a bunch of them attack the tree I planted at my house. They did a lot of damage but the tree survived and grew back rapidly and denser.

This happy horn worm was not happy for long. The next day when I went back to see how much he had eaten...a big spider had eaten him! I guess I don't have to worry about my tree. It has a giant spider guarding it.