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Another great year in the garden. I truly do not know why more people do not grow their own food. The quality and variety available is so much better than what you can get in the stores. Also, if you have the room and a sunny spot, it is not hard to grow if you [...]
I am taking pics of my progression trying to grow chayotes. I bought these chayote from Safeway in december and put them in a dark, cold cabinet in the garage for about a month. When the weather started getting warmer i brought them out and put them in [...]
Growing up, I remember my aunt growing this odd vegetable in her backyard. The plant was huge and took over her the shed in her backyard as well as the arbor that was about 10 feet x 10 feet. The plant was so monstrous and was completely covered [...]
It is petty easy to differentiate betwee the male and female blossoms if you know what to look for. This is a picture of a female lemon cucumber blossom. You can see what looks like a baby lemon cucumber on the end of the blosson (the green part of blossom). The male flower does not [...]
Here’s a picture of a lemon cucumber. They can get more yellow but by then the seeds are too big and the flavor is not as good. We had a friend over for dinner and added this to our salad and it was delicious….crispy and sweet.
We never got around to building a trellis for our lemon cucumber. We have been so busy with parties, family and friend visits that we kept on putting the task off. Of course we had a wicked heatspell (over 100 degrees) that caused our lemon cucmber to grow at a freakish rate.
All of a [...]
Just thought I would share a pic of a baby lemon cucmber. I am not sure if this has been pollinated but did see a honeybee buzzing around. Tweet
Here is a pic of my cocozelle zucchini. This is a great beginner squash plant. It does not get too big and is a good producer. These cocozelle zucchini are between 7-8 inches long.
I’ll let you know what we do with them tonight but most likely I will just saute [...]
I found the recipe for what I am going to make next with my squash blossoms.
How good does this look? I found the recipe on the foodnetwork site. I love Bobby Flay and his recipes. I have a pulled pork recipe that I use alot so I’ll probably just substitute that for the pork.
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I love this zucchini plant so far. It is a very vigorous grower and the flowers are gorgeous! Also, crossing my fingers but it seems to be a good producer from all the blossoms I see. Let’s hope they all pollinate properly so I have a good harvest.
If not, stuff squash blossoms are delicious [...]
