Remember the picture of the huge squash leaves a few days ago?  Well, this is what's happening under those leaves.

 

I promised to show you our squashes when they set fruit.  Well, they start out a lot smaller than this, but this is so pretty, I want you to see it now.
 

This is a North Georgia Candy Roaster.  I've seen them in the fall at the Sunrise Grocery on the way to Vogel State Park.  They grow to about 18", and when they are ripe they turn a beautiful salmon pink.  This one is about 12" and still green.  But isn't it impressive?

 

That little tray underneath it is to keep it off the ground.  I've tried paper plates and pieces of bird seed bags to do the job, but they get really yucky by the end of summer.  These work well.  They let water drain through, and keep the squashes clean.  I guess farmers don't do this when they are growing a field full of squashes, but I do it because I only have a few.  

 

I'll show you again when they are ripe.  I planted the seeds on April 14, and they take 100 days.  So.........that should be early in August.  So exciting!!!!

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!