The weather is finally warming after a very prolonged spring. Never would we have thought that the local Sierra-Nevada ski resorts would re-open over the memorial day weekend. Personally we're not thrilled with the onset of the summer heat, but it's doing great things to our garden. Most noticeably our zucchini plant has transformed into the Jolly Green Giant, overshadowing many of its neighbors. A couple of nights ago while our daughter and I were watering the garden (apparently daddy looked thirsty too), I noticed that we had several beautiful yellow-orange blossoms flowering under the massive broad deep green leaves of our jolly green giant. Two nights later, to my surprise we had 3 to 4 inch long squash's. I think tomorrow they will be ready for the plucking. Now, what to do with them? Everything I've read and everything I've heard, suggest that zucchini plants produce quickly and throughout much of the growing season. In other words get ready for some zucchini.
Last night while surfing the internet,
I came across the Nature's Harmony Farm (out of Elbert Georgia) blog. The sites' author states that he/she loves "the chapter in Animals, Vegetable, Miracle that talks about
how country people never lock their car door unless it's zucchini season for fear that someone might put a bag
of excess zucchini in your front seat!"
Too funny!
Other than the jolly green giant, ourpeas plants are doing well, treating us to our first fresh...off the vine... pea pod. Eew-wee, was it sweet. Our cucumbers are starting to kick it up a notch; the corn in way beyond knee high (by the fourth of July); and the tomatoes and pepers are give our black bean bush a run for its money. This is awesome!
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