Impressions in June
After a long winter and spring which just dragged on cold, summer 2017 has finally arrived. Here are some glimpses from our garden.
Cucurbita (Latin for gourd) is a genus of herbaceous vines in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. Five species are grown worldwide for their edible fruit, variously known as squash, pumpkin, or gourd.
We grow lots of curcubitas every year, sometimes more, sometimes less. We usually grow a diversity of them. If everything works out we eat the last in June - 8 month after harvest. They are among our favourites, as they are easy to grow. BUT, snails love them - and they can eat them when they are young - resulting in no harvest at all.
After a long winter and spring which just dragged on cold, summer 2017 has finally arrived. Here are some glimpses from our garden.
Lumia planted a lot of different curcubitas and most of them grew fruits. On the field were Spaghetti, Hokkaido, Futsu, Blue Banana and one type which I don't know its name. So we got a huge variety of different squashes.
Our pumpkins are now ripe, and we have quite a few! This article is about one really big one which we made into pickled pumpkin, a delicious condiment for all kinds of dishes during the winter. Check out our little video and read the article for… more
Finally my pumpkin plants have started to bloom and make fruit! The cucumbers are also blooming, but not growing cucumbers yet. Thank goodness for the few hot sunny days we had this week!
Lumia planted a lot of Zucchinis. It is sayed that one plant can supply a 4 head family. We got 7 plants. So we get about 1,5 kg of zucchinis every other day. I ususally cut them of the plant when they are somewhere between 10 to 20 cm, but not… more
When I look at the hardiness map at plantmaps.com our place is right in the border of zones 5a and 5b.
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