I've only grown butternut squash twice, this year and last. I was harvesting when they stopped growing and turned tan. This article had a good amount of info on them.I was out of town for a month, and when I left the squash vines were just about to start blooming. Wife didn't pick it while I was gone. I just picked a couple of ten-pounders (literally) that were trapped growing through the chain link fence between my yard and the neighbors'. I think they're probably still good but not sure what to do with them. Probably shred and freeze them, that's what I do when folks give me overgrown zucchinis. There are a few more giants out there amongst the weeds, I might leave them to ripen like butternut squash. (these are "tromboncino" summer squash. Yes, the name means what it sounds like)
When do you pick butternut squash, anyway? If you leave them too long does the vine stop producing, like cucumbers when a few turn yellow?
These squash have a good bit of variability in color, some are light green and some are dark, and seem to taste the best when picked about 12 to 14 inches long. The big but not huge ones still cooked and tasted like summer squash. The seeds were not even hard yet. I've shredded a bunch and put bags of it in the freezer to use this winter.I've only grown butternut squash twice, this year and last. I was harvesting when they stopped growing and turned tan. This article had a good amount of info on them.
Oh man, I'd make a BLT with those tomatoes. They look like money.Nice wee harvest View attachment 780658
What variety are those red tomatoes?Nice wee harvest View attachment 780658
Costoluto Fiorentino. They make a great sauce but are a bit late for my latitude. Did better for me both in yield and taste than san marzanos thoughWhat variety are those red tomatoes?
I thought those might be Costolutos but the ones I have growing this year were a lot uglier in form. I had a number of these as volunteers from last season that I used to fill in for some early losses. The ugliest ones seemed like they were failures of two tomatoes to spit. They aren't very resistant to leaf septoria but were my best producers this year as they grow pretty fast. About half actually bounced back after a pretty long wet spell and extensive infection. I have a volunteer San Marzano too from last year and it produced slowly but slightly better than last year.Costoluto Fiorentino. They make a great sauce but are a bit late for my latitude. Did better for me both in yield and taste than san marzanos though
Salsa time!
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Yup - something is definitely broken in my brain but every year I need more to keep those endorphins and dopamine coming...Salsa with habs - oof.
Yup - something is definitely broken in my brain but every year I need more to keep those endorphins and dopamine coming...
Grew some Dragon's Tongue beans. I'm not a huge fan of green/wax beans but these are pretty good. Only shame is that the color is lost when they're cooked.
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Grew some Dragon's Tongue beans. I'm not a huge fan of green/wax beans but these are pretty good. Only shame is that the color is lost when they're cooked.
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Not that I'm aware, but something I can look into!there's no trick like adding acid, or something like that?
maybe fermenting them?
Needs some clit in the boil. A few butterfly pea flowers.
Clitoria ternatea, of course. Clitoria ternatea - Wikipedia. They guy who named this one also named orchids after the greek word for testicle.Not sure what clit is codename for
Ah ha! That makes more sense.Clitoria ternatea, of course. Clitoria ternatea - Wikipedia. They guy who named this one also named orchids after the greed word for testicle.
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