Friday, September 02, 2011

Zucchini



So, you remember that heat wave we had in July with temps near 100F and heat index up to 115F? Well, we thought it killed both zucchini plants in the garden at work. The one in back was definitely toast. The one in front--the excessive heat killed the couple little zukes that had been growing, and we saw no more blossoms all of July and August.

Then last Friday I'm out there picking beans and tomatoes when I catch a splash of orange/yellow out the corner of my eye. I walk over to investigate and find a small zucchini and a large blossom growing on the front plant. Amazing! Checked it again Monday and the little zuke had grown and there were three more blossoms.

I picked the little zucchini Wednesday morning (it was about one pound, just the right size), and the blossoms are still there, so looks like we may get a few more off this darn thing yet. I was disappointed that we only got two squash off the plants before that heat wave, and that we had no zucchini the last month and a half, so am a bit excited that we may get a few after all.

I fried this one up Wednesday and Thursday night with some of the fresh green beans I picked. It went well Wednesday night with some of the Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo I made earlier in the week. I added potatoes and corn to the beans and zucchini Thursday night. Mmm...delicious!



7 comments:

Jana said...

Sounds like good eats! Three cheers for surviving zucchini plants! :-)

Norma said...

Hard to kill a zucchini!

Heather said...

Thanks Jana! *g*

Hi Norma! It's actually pretty easy to kill zucchini. All it takes is a week or two of triple digit temps and no rain. Everyone I know lost some or all of their plants this year.

I checked the surviving plant this afternoon and it looks like a couple are starting to grow where I saw blossoms earlier this week. Sweet! I want at least one batch of baked zucchini this year.

CountryDew said...

I love zucchini. Mine did not do as well this year, either, and I blamed the heat also.

Heather said...

Anita: Seems to be the case all over. Which makes them even more expensive at the grocery store. Sigh...

Alice Audrey said...

Seems awful late in the season for them. We've had some cold days recently, enough to wear a sweater for a good part of it.

Heather said...

We had some into late September last year, so not too unusual for this area. We hit 92 again Thursday, 85 Friday - both days with high humidity. Yesterday was a bit cooler, but humid and soggy. Rain off and on all day. Today is sunny, but no humidity and high of only around 67 expected...65 Monday. I may need a sweater for our Labor Day cookout tomorrow!