This is a journal of my vegetable gardens. Skippy was my first dog and he thought the garden was his, even though I did all the work. Now Suzie and Charley follow in his footsteps. We're located near Boston (USDA zone 6A). I have a community plot, a backyard vegetable garden, fruit trees, berry bushes, chickens, and bees. I use sustainable organic methods and do my best to grow all of my family's vegetables myself.
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
butternut squash harvest
My squash box is FULL!
From 6 plants that I trained up and over my trellis, I got a total of 17 squash, adding up to 44 lbs. That's about 3 squash per plant. The biggest squash is 4.4 lbs and the smallest is 1.4.
Aside from soup, I like to cut mine in half and slow bake them whole. I scoop out the seeds and put a foil over the top cut sides. Towards the end I fill the cavity with pats of butter and either a mix of sugar and molasses or a dollop of maple syrup.
These look fantastic! I'd love for you to do a how-to about how you grow winter squash over a trellis! I'm a Boston urban gardener, and next year we're cutting way back on tomatoes (because of late blight) - and I'm going to try some stuff I couldn't because of space - I'm psyched to try winter squash or sweet potatoes, but I don't have a lot of experience - any tips?
I mostly make a squash puree which is my favorite. Half squash, half sweet potatoes. Yumm. Now and then a soup or bread. Also roasted squash on its own or mixed with other winter vegetables.
My husband made a really nice soup the other day and I am looking forward to posting the recipe soon. (I have about 5 recipes saved up with photos to post someday soon.)
Good idea to do a How-to on squashes up a trellis. I will see if I can do that one!
About those late blight tomatoes, I put in some time today to try to figure out if we can provide late blight resistant tomatoes plants to gardeners at our community garden next year. I will try to post on this soon. A local farmer felt the varieties aren't so good yet and he recommended plastic tunnels with heirloom varieties. A local grower charges about $2 per plant and would grow them for us. She recommended Johnny's varieties. I am still looking into getting some local greenhouse space and growing a couple of the new varieties ourselves. BUT maybe I should just recommend all of the gardeners grow squash instead.
My squash box is FULL!
Wow! It's going to be a great squash winter! How do you think you'll cook them up?
ReplyDeleteFantastic! I got a few squash/pumpkins from the Lottie on our return. They are destined for soup, cake, bread and general roasting.
ReplyDeleteAside from soup, I like to cut mine in half and slow bake them whole. I scoop out the seeds and put a foil over the top cut sides. Towards the end I fill the cavity with pats of butter and either a mix of sugar and molasses or a dollop of maple syrup.
ReplyDeleteThese look fantastic! I'd love for you to do a how-to about how you grow winter squash over a trellis! I'm a Boston urban gardener, and next year we're cutting way back on tomatoes (because of late blight) - and I'm going to try some stuff I couldn't because of space - I'm psyched to try winter squash or sweet potatoes, but I don't have a lot of experience - any tips?
ReplyDeleteI mostly make a squash puree which is my favorite. Half squash, half sweet potatoes. Yumm. Now and then a soup or bread. Also roasted squash on its own or mixed with other winter vegetables.
ReplyDeleteMy husband made a really nice soup the other day and I am looking forward to posting the recipe soon. (I have about 5 recipes saved up with photos to post someday soon.)
Good idea to do a How-to on squashes up a trellis. I will see if I can do that one!
About those late blight tomatoes, I put in some time today to try to figure out if we can provide late blight resistant tomatoes plants to gardeners at our community garden next year. I will try to post on this soon. A local farmer felt the varieties aren't so good yet and he recommended plastic tunnels with heirloom varieties. A local grower charges about $2 per plant and would grow them for us. She recommended Johnny's varieties. I am still looking into getting some local greenhouse space and growing a couple of the new varieties ourselves. BUT maybe I should just recommend all of the gardeners grow squash instead.