Posted in: Growing Vegetables
Every year my garden surprises me with vegetables and herbs that I didn’t plant. Dill and cilantro come up from the previous year’s seeds in some unexpected places. Here and there tomato plants sprout up from last year’s seed. Most of these I pull up, but one I left this year because I had room for it to grow. It must have been from a Juliet seed, even though it has a little different shape.
Here’s a side by side comparison. They are very close to the hybrid Juliets, and have an almost identical taste. Saving their seeds might be worth a try for next year’s garden.
The other volunteer is a strange one indeed. I’m not sure what kind of winter squash it came from. It looks somewhat like an acorn squash, but bigger and without the ridges.
I transplanted it from the compost. The other sprouts died out, but this one is proving to be very interesting. Who knows what I’ll find when I cut it open?