Zucchini, anyone?
It’s mid-July and our gardens are going gang-busters! I thought I’d post a few pictures. I had never been much of a gardener until I married Bob. His love and enthusiasm for gardening is contagious! We have a sort of arrangement… he is in charge of the vegetable gardens (this year there are three!), I’m in charge of the flower beds, and the shade garden out front is a joint project. It’s a big yard, so these gardens keep us busy during the spring and summer months.
It’s amazing how fast things grow. Just a few months ago there was a bare patch of ground where now there are rows of corn, tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, beets, peas, lettuce, broccoli, zucchini, cauliflower, onions, zucchini, eggplant, zucchini, cantaloupe, cucumbers… did I mention the zucchini?
The picture above was taken almost a month ago, so imagine how big it is now! We’ve already had stuffed zucchini Italiano, zucchini bread, grilled zucchini and have used it in stir fry. We’ve also taken bags of zucchini to our workplaces and I’ve given it away to friends. This afternoon I got the other ingredients needed to make zucchini relish and I will be putting up jars of that to enjoy for months to come.
This shot of the Zorko Veggie Garden #1 is also about a month old. Farmer Bob is seen enjoying his morning cup of Tully’s.
Well, I’d better get busy… I have a pile of zucchini waiting!
