About a month ago, Mom and I went out to do what had to be done: we trimmed the monstrous Zucchini plant so that we could dispose of it after it died. After taking out nearly all of the leaves, the garbage can was getting too full, so we decided to leave it alone. Surely it couldn't live for much longer, we thought.
Well, we were wrong. The 15 or so remaining leaves were apparently very strong, and it has gained it's second wind. Already, there are two or three zucchinis waiting to be harvested, one already harvested, and about five blossoms waiting to be pollinated.
Some may say that this is annoying. I wouldn't be the one to say that they're wrong. However, I do say that this plant, besides providing an enormous bounty of nutritious and versatile food, is its ability to cling tenaciously to life, to not give up even when it seems to have no hope of survival. It's still an enormous plant now, and it will have to die soon, but it's almost as if it's saying I'm gonna live today, and you can't stop me!
I salute you, zucchini plant. At least until Autumn.
(wait, today's the first day of Fall. . . great timing, huh?)
Friday, September 23, 2011
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What a great little piece...could be used very nicely as a metaphore for so many things. I may be asking if I can borrow it...
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