We usually have no luck with zucchini so we are pretty proud of those beauties. Two of them are already zucchini bread. The little yellowy things at the front of the basket are ground cherries -- they are related to the tomatillo and come in these little papery husks. Inside is a fruit about the size of a blueberry; I'm still trying to figure out what it tastes like...
Our compost is always sprouting volunteer vegetables, which we usually just let grow and see what happens. One year we harvested a good pile of new potatoes straight from our garbage! This year, we have a bit of a mystery. Squashes are pretty common to find growing amongst the discards and we had been assuming that this guy was another zucchini:
Until we noticed his fruit:
Last summer, Lisa's mom brought down some round zucchini, so perhaps this is the offspring of one of those. But it could also be a pumpkin or maybe a watermelon? I'll have to look up the leaves and flowers to figure it out. Or I could be lazy and just wait to see what he does!!
Dear Wendy & Lisa,
ReplyDeleteYour garden is very unbelievable!!
There are so many fruits there.
Is this time for the harvest?
May I link your site on my blog?
Hi Xiang gu! Yes -- you can link our site on your blog. We are just at the start of the harvest, with much more still to come. A number of things are already done, like peas and lettuce; now it is too hot for them. But we usually start them again in the fall! Say hello to everyone for us!
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