It’s usually terrible when you see the prices in the supermarket have gone up. That dismay we experience as inflation pushes up the prices of ordinary household food items and the realization that means that you are not making enough money…
… Imagine my surprise when I find the special price above in the Food Lover’s Market and I experience a pang of… regret? Jealousy? Dismay?
I accidentally grew my own butternut. By that I mean that I did not plant it. I make my own compost and somehow, while building my own raised bed box, I saw that a cucurbit of some sort was growing in the soil I had placed there. It had become clear that it was a cucurbit and that it would likely give me some sort of squash so I tended it and watched it grow.
That is not to say that I grew a butternut for FREE or without effort. Once I discovered what it was, I was watering it and with my new Pre-paid Water meter, I am feeling the burn in my pocket from every liter spent doing so!
I have to wonder: Is it worth it for me to grow this?
At least it seems that there are more potential fruits on the vine...
Another consideration I have had to play with is whether or not to kill half the plant. You see the vine on the fence? Looks pretty cool... however all the fruit that grow here have failed. They keep wilting and falling off.
I am beginning to suspect foul play. Perhaps slugs. Often the dead fruit turn yellow and fall off and are covered in dried slime. Is there a connection and if so, do they not serve as decoys and allow my more successful fruit to grow?
There is a large herb garden that is growing that I am thankful for... I am fairly certain that this is worth it... but not sure of the other...
Help me! I look forward to hearing from you!
