My wife joked about last year’s squash patch and that there were pumpkins in the tree. OK, so it did get a bit out of hand.
This year, I switched mainly to tall thirty-inch raised beds to save my back and knees. I used the Lasagna Method to fill the beds with small branches, leaf mulch, screened soil, compost, and wood ash.
Then, I planted my squash. OK, I didn’t consider how fertile the bed would be. Real fertile.
So, there will be pumpkins on the trellis with the grapes, stretched over the walkways, and maybe in the trees. Every trip into the front garden will be one of discovery. Bring a bucket because I suspect with all the young fruit and flowers we may feed the neighborhood.
Always remember: good neighbors should be gracious when accepting forty-pound baskets of zucchini.
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LOL! “Pumpkins in the trees”! And, yes, our region of the Northeast could well be known as the zucchini and cherry tomato capital of the world. Bags and bags of both came into work every summer –we didn’t know they all came from Lou’s gardens!! 😊
Not just mine! We have a cooperative of desperate gardeners committed to making sure you always have enough!!! Ingrate!
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Bring on the zucchini bread!!
Always a big favorite.
I’ll be right over😂
Cool!
I’ve seen people grow zucchini on an overhead trellis, not over THEIR head, but over the bed. I think that’s kind of smart.
Pivtures to follow in a few weeks. Around September you have to watch the overhead clearance.
That is impressive!
pumpkins overhead coming soon!
I can’t wait! We once grew one (1) squash by accident (!) and it took over the whole garden.
They do that.
And poor Catorze would jump over the sprawling tendrils, and I thought he was just being dramatic but then I checked the plant and it was spiky!