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The Vegetable for Flower Lovers

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It may seem hard to believe, but there are gardeners who can’t be bothered with vegetables. For a vegetable lover such as myself, every vegetable is interesting and unique, but one this year has stood out – for its flower!…

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Cucuzzi!

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The trellises are filling up fast in the demo garden, and this cattle panel arch is one of the most impressive.  On it we’re growing cucuzzi gourds (Lagenaria siceraria) which I just had to have after admiring them at Monticello…

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Vegetable serpent

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My neighbor loves to try new plants, no matter how weird or difficult to grow in our area. This is a cucuzzi gourd from his garden. He harvested one fruit that was 4.5 ft. long! One gourd can feed our…

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