Boy, they look like eggs to me, but it's interesting to suggest they may be something else. Like what? With as much rain as we've had, the most likely something is fungal, but this doesn't look like fungus to me. I've included a photo of the whole area: 2 Costata Romanescos in the right bed and cucumber and nasturtiums in the left. The motherlode of eggs I'm seeing are on the leaves closer to the cucumbers. It's not just on the undersides, although there are more there. I've even seen some random ones on the upper sides of cucumber and nasturtium leaves. I don't think SVB would lay eggs there, and what few pictures I can find online show eggs of SVB on stems of squash plant, not leaves. My stems are clean (although I haven't done a full inspection, I didn't see any on the stems around where these specks are). They are definitely not squash bug eggs, I was trying to get rid of those when I found these spots. Could something be splashing up? As you can see there is plastic mulch under the zucchini. Between rows is bark mulch that I put down last year. I got this from a tree person 2 years ago. I suppose it's possible some creature came from there. You'd think that 2 years was long enough, but maybe all the rain we've had has brought some vermin back to life. jimster, as for the macro photos, I have a macro setting on my camera and I just take a lot of photos until I get one in focus. No skill involved! LOL That other thread is what made me think these might be SVB, but I'm not so sure that other egg is really SVB. Now that I think about it, wouldn't they lay all the eggs on stems? I looked up Ladybeetle eggs online and it looks like they come in clusters.

The canned pumpkin tastes terrible next to this fresh cooked velvety puree! I could really taste the can. The other stuff has a more delicate flavor than regular pumpkin. Less "squashy." I will use up the canned stuff in a quick bread with lots of spices and feed some to the dog. It was one of those big cans. The good stuff is in the freezer until the week of Thanksgiving when I will make pies. That's a pretty "gourd," Linda. Did you grow it? Do you prepare it in a savory way or sweet? I drained the fresh puree and have a lot of pumpkin water. Shall I make some pumpkin soup and add that to it?

Received my package today, excited to get some more winter sowing started. Thank you so much Lisa for all your hard work, and thank you for the extar seeds, and thank you Jaynine for the extra seeds I am excited to start my edibles. Happy planting, sowing everyone :) Kim Oh I also received the check back Lisa, I will send you the stamps as requested. Thanks, Kim

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