Have you ever heard of not having enough zucchini? Sounds like I’m being sarcastic, doesn’t it? Well, our crop was pitiful this year. As I mentioned earlier this summer, our zucchini crop wasn’t doing so well. In fact, only two plants ever did anything at all. The others just died off.
This one has a big bloom on it, but so far has not produced anything. I doubt it will because we just had our first hard frost this week.
This other plant has two small zucchini struggling to grow.
I was worried about what the frost would do to literally 50% of my zucchini crop, so I dug some old windows out of the basement (my stash for wavy 1930s glass) and propped them together, making a temporary cold-frame.
Come to think of it, this would be a great place to get stuff started earlier next year…Well, we’ll see if my little zucchini make it. I’ll have to pick them soon, regardless.
I’m just disappointed. I had such high hopes of freezing squash to use all winter. I even bought this nifty crinkle cutter from OXO. As it turns out, it works very nicely on cucumbers. And I think Lewis really enjoys using it!
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