First Zucchini

I went out to the garden last night, as it hadn't been watered in a couple of days, and lo and behold I discovered a good-sized zucchini growing on one of my plants. I was very excited. I've tried for two years to grow zucchini, and haven't had much luck, mostly because the bees didn't seem interested in my plants. This year we've had lots of bees, courtesy of the many bee-attracting plants we've planted in the garden, including one that was a gift from my mother-in-law. So I guess I have her to thank, sort of.

We also have a couple of yellow crookneck squash growing, too, along with eggplant (which I grew successfully last year), tomatoes and jalapeno peppers.