As Scientific as I Ever Get

This is the last squash that we were able to pick before the squash vine borers finally finished off our plants. Cody has replanted, because we are not ones to give up easily (and you can never have enough fried squash according to him!).

Scientifically speaking, they just worm their way into the stems and rot it from the inside out.

I think this is the larvae. These little worms are disgusting!

This is what the squash looked like before we pulled that plants up. They were fine one day, and rotting the next.

On a brighter note, here are our pumpkin plants. They are beginning to bloom, so hopefully we'll have little pumpkins starting soon. Hopefully we'll be able to stop the borers from getting these vines too!

I've always said I was going to wear a big floppy hat and sell vegetables on the side of the road. Not this summer, but maybe someday!