07/26/2025
I've always wanted to garden. I've successfully grown tomatoes and herbs many times, but have rarely grown anything else. I garden mostly for the vibes and know practically nothing of soil conditions, etc. The chaos garden was born of a desire to just see what would happen and get something in the ground. It was about trusting the process and learning as we go.
I now know I like growing zucchini. That squash bugs are my mortal enemy and second only to bed bugs in bugs I'd like to eradicate from existence. That as much fun as the chaos is, I won't be planting my vining plants in a chaos garden again because its a pain to try to walk through and not break vines searching for fruit, squash bug eggs to get rid of, and nearly impossible when you have to walk with a cane. Sunflowers with cucumbers vining up the stalks make me extra happy, so I'll probably plant them together often.
We have regular and lemon cucumbers growing, and a few baby pumpkins. I also have basil in here, wildflowers, the big sunflowers, and who knows what else. The pumpkins and cucumber leaves have kind of stunted a lot of the other stuff from growing. So we'll see where the rest of this season takes us. And I'm already figuring out how to change things up for next year for an even more fun and chaos!
