We are overrun with Veggies!!!
Ok, so this really isn't a BAD problem, is it?lol This is what hubby & I picked on Sunday. If this heat keeps up, we'll have to pick again in two days.
We planted 2 types of Summer Squash this year-the Straightneck and the Crooked Neck. I figured, since some years we can't grow ONE SINGLE summer squash, I'd cover all the bases and plant both types and hope one of them thrives.
Well, boy!....they both survived and flourished....and then some!!lolol
We only put in 2 zuke plants this year because, usually we plant 6 plants and are overrun with zucchinis, picking 10-15 zukes every week for 6 weeks or so. I figured 2 plants would cut down the zuke harvest by 2/3rds.
So of course, we plant 2 plants and we just last week harvested our first zuke. Sunday we picked 2 more and I think there is one single zuke left on a plant and no more flowers forming. 4 zukes total this season=2 zukes per plant. Did I buy the underachiever zucchini plants this year or what?LOL
The salad greens are still going strong, though I suspect the heat predicted for this week will do them in finally before the week is out. Then I can plow them under and reseed there with greens and spinach for a fall crop.
I need to get out to the garden soon and cut some more greens and take some of this bounty up to the people I have promised the overflow to.
What have you picked from your garden this past weekend or today?
Sluggy
maybe this just wasn't the summer of the zukes - I've had a whopping four from the 6 or 7 plants I have 'thriving' in the garden. But it's great your other squash are being so productive!!!!!
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