October in the Garden: Zucchini

Perhaps everyone in my neighbourhood woke this morning to the screams of "IT'S OPEN! IT'S OPEN!" I was, of course, referring to the gigantic flower of my zucchini plant. This thing has just been growing and growing. Every morning for the past week I have been going down stairs, bringing as many family members along with me as possible, saying "I wonder how big it is now!?" Seriously, this picture does not do it justice, the bud was HUGE.

Finally, this morning it has popped open...aaaand I'm losing my mind.  I just can't contain my excitement when things actually grow in my garden. My little Zucchini is about 8cm long and there are three more on the way.