My dog. the Master Gardener.
Take a look at that image. The plant is exceedingly healthy and pest-free and blooming like mad.
The squash - which I've only recently identified as a Jack-Be-Little pumpkin - is perfect.
I've never successfully grown common crookneck squash, let alone an attractive little decorative variety.
Oh, but my dog did.
See, that plant appeared in the middle of the back lawn after a good, soaking rain. It sprang from a pile of dog poop.
Hub thought it was a weed. I thought I recognized the leaves as a squash. So I put a cage around it and let it go. Now I'll have cute little pumpkins for Halloween.
It seems that Mimi was foraging in the compost pile and consumed something laying beside a decomposed pumpkin from last autumn. She...er...processed the seeds, um...eliminated them and here we have a lovely little plant.
I think this sounds like a cable television series in the making. I just can't decide if it should run on HGTV or Animal Planet....
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* I'm sure I didn't just make that up BUT knowing me you never know!
As for the beans, the coffee beans that is, the animal that ingests them to produce Kopi Luwak is a civet. I just read that this morning.
I apologize if this is a duplicate comment. Something odd happened...anyway...
Just wanted to say thanks for making me smile with this post. Dog processing a seed - that's awesome! Funny how nature works even if we humans think it's gross!
Have a great day!
Dani
I sooooo love this story! I am wondering about the tv series though. Will Mimi play herself? Will she re-enact the pivotal scene? What will result from that re-enactment, I wonder? :)