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Tuesday 5 February 2013

Zucchini Tuesday

Well I have a sad confession to make this week. I killed my best zucchini supplier. I didn't mean to it just happened to be hoovering over the lawn and didn't cope very well when I gently moved it aside. Now I really don't think I was that rough despite my mothers words 'you are a like a bull in a china shop'.  In fact I thought at first it was those rats. But then I remembered that in my haste to get the lawn mowed I picked up the offending overhanging branches up off the grass and it would seem I snapped it.


There was not much left to save once the growing and fruit part had no roots left. So I now have a gap. Not a very big one especially once the pumpkin takes hold.

At least there is another zucchini behind 
Thankfully I did many a small harvest or two yesterday.



Chilli glut saved from the rats

Oven dried (perhaps a bit too long as I forgot about them overnight)
Hope you have been enjoying your zucchini glut. Pop over to Louise's place and see what she is up to this week with her zucchini

6 comments:

  1. What a pity! At least you have the yellow one. I love the zucchini kebabs - very nice. Now I want to have a barbeque just so I can make them!

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    1. I know I hope that the other two buck up a bit. If all else fails I did put 2 plants in at a clients place and she might have a glut I can borrow from. You know those kebabs would have been better if I had pan fried them as I am not so good at bbqing.

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  2. Woops! Those chillies look great and so much earlier than mine which are only just now setting fruit. I've had a red cayenne or two but that is it so far.

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    1. I am sure you will have a great supply of them soon enough if they are taking over your pathways. I am amazed at the time differences between our gardens seeing as we are not so different in temperatures at this time of year

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  3. What a bummer Jen! They can be a bit fragile like that. Still you have seemed to make the best of it. I love the colour of the yellow ones and must grow one next year. Kebabs look wonderful.

    Love your chillies. I dried my stash outside (but I have a very dry climate) and I made flakes the other day.

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  4. I expect if I left mine outside there would be a creature of some sort wanting to eat them. I just have to remember them before I go to bed rather then when I get up, thankfully it was on a super low heat.

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