#becausefugophers

I got Zuked! 🙃 . Hadn’t checked the garden for a few days, & while passing by the zucchini bush I felt a chill & the presence of a large, dark creature lurking in the shadows. . Parted the leaves to discover this Green Beast ready to zuke me back to the stone age. It already had sucked the lifeforce from the little zucchini behind it. . Fortunately I was able to “gift” it to a friend who will now be enjoying zucchini until late November 🤔👍 . #GotZuked #Zuked #GadZukes #ZukularFallout #ZukeEmAll #Zucchini #ズッキーニ #Courgette #Zucchinigeddon #ZucchinisOfInstagram #ZucchiniRhymesWithWeenie #RaisedBedGardening #RaisedGardenBeds #BecauseFUGophers #NorCal #Zone9bGardening #Zone9b #Permaculture #ShareTheBounty https://www.instagram.com/p/ChiUd3LvaaJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

My best, most productive tomatoes are the ones I did absolutely nothing about! 😆 . Apparently last year’s currant tomatoes dropped & self seeded outside the raised bed, & then used the cover of the late monster “cube of butter” squash plant to tumbleweed out. Removed the squash a few weeks ago & kaboom! Currant tomatoes everywhere! 🥳 . Harvested a bunch, trellised some strands, & pruned back the rest of the rats’ nest. (Wait, why didn’t the rats eat these low-hanging fruit?!? 🤔Or the gophers the roots?!? 🤔🤔) . Can’t wait to see what successfully grows here next year without my meddling! 🤓👍 . #RogueRed #TomatoesGoneWild #WeeLads #Volunteer #CurrantSituation #CurrantTomatoes #Tomatoes #トマト #Tomate #RaisedBedGardening #RaisedGardenBeds #BecauseFUGophers #NorCal #Zone9bGardening #Zone9b #Permaculture https://www.instagram.com/p/CUqdzkfPSEO/?utm_medium=tumblr

Planted some shin kuroda carrots back in Jan/Feb, but then turned/added soil/compost in April, basically burying all the carrots except for these three hardy roots ✊🏼 . Best carrot harvest so far! Especially in terms of girth—which, I’ve learned recently, is an important aspect of quality taste & texture of veg. Packs in the pleasure, apparently. So maybe the double mounding is the secret? 🤔 . Going to make some carrot top pesto hummus with the tops, so tell you about the taste when I dip em. . #CarrotsOverCarats #Thiccarrot #ShinKuroda #Carrot #人参 #Carotte #RaisedBedGardening #RaisedGardenBeds #BecauseFUGophers #NorCal #Zone9bGardening #Zone9b #Permaculture https://www.instagram.com/p/CPWh7enHi6Y/?utm_medium=tumblr