Sunflowers and courgettes

A few months ago I decided to plant a few flowers and maybe the odd vegetable or two. You will be able to read about it in some of my older posts. ANYWAY! With a few drawbacks (Rocky being the main one) I was able to take what was left of the flowers and plants that Rocky did not destroy and transplant them to a new flower bed that I made in the front of the house.  All the plants have started to grow and even some of the flowers have bloomed. I had 4 large plants that I would swear were sunflowers except they did not grow tall. I thought this was because Rocky had damaged them or maybe it was a dwarf breed. I decided to leave them in my flower bed as a kind of experiment and just see what would happen. Low and behold, flower heads started to form and I thought I was in luck for a change.  I noticed over the last few weeks that yellow flowers were starting to form, and they were definitely not sunflowers. I was out looking at them this evening and it turns out the flowers are growing into courgettes of all things.  NOW, I’m not daft or anything, and I know the difference between sunflower seeds and any other seed, but I don’t remember growing courgettes of all things. I think with all the destruction that Rocky my boxer dog created when he tore the back garden apart and the fact I tried to salvage what plants that were left over, I must have mixed the seedlings up somehow. The funny thing is, I was sure that the only plants that escaped Rocky’s pot smashing and soil digging was my sunflowers as I was sure they were the ones left up high, from harms reach. Looks like gardening is not my thing, although I will enjoy my courgettes when they are ready to eat. Now the only thing is, what do you do with a courgette? I never had one before. Well at least I don’t think I did.