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Cauliflower couscous, stuffed pumpkin, and other Thanksgiving yums
Posted on by marylandgrows
Happy day after Thanksgiving, all! The weather is so nice here that I hope all you gardeners are calling it Green Friday and getting out there to finish up fall chores. I cooked up a storm for Thanksgiving (not literally,…
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Into the heart of the squash…
Posted on by marylandgrows
Every vegetable deserves a closeup, right? To pull back a little… I cut into my last Piena di Napoli squash yesterday: (Never thought of my countertop as squash-colored before. Huh.) The occasion for making the cut (and the reason I’ll…
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Big squash update
Posted on by marylandgrows
Since my previous post on the subject, I’ve decided that my enormous squashes are perhaps not Rogosa Violina, but in fact Piena di Napoli (which are still green on the outside when ripe). I know, I should do a better job…
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Really big squash!
Posted on by marylandgrows
This is a squash I harvested today – I believe it’s Rogosa Violina ‘Gioia,’ an Italian butternut, assuming I’m not mixing my vines up. With good-sized Jarrahdale pumpkin (not grown by me) for size comparison. It’s supposed to turn tan…
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Indomitable Zucchini
Posted on by marylandgrows
Gadzukes plant still producing as of 14 October I can’t believe it’s mid-October and I’m still picking zucchini, especially considering the fact that the plants look pretty much like they’ve been run over several times by a small truck. I…
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Know your squash species
Posted on by marylandgrows
Since this is the Year of the Cucurbit here at GIEI, we’re going to be talking about squash a lot. I thought, therefore, that this would be a good time to remind our readers that squashes come not just in…
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Holiday Tromboncino Squash!
Posted on by marylandgrows
I meant to post this earlier, but procrastination pays off: now it can be a celebration of the Year of the Cucurbit. This is how MG Robin Ritterhoff decorated her front door for the holidays: Look closely: the wreath is…
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