Pureed Zucchini Ginger Soup

As they say – a prolific zucchini plant is the mother of invention!  We have just 2 zucchini plants.  It’s hard to tell with the tangle of vines and leaves but you’d think there were a dozen plants in the garden. I’ve been sautéing them in various ways with different additives each time – onions, garlic, tomatoes, corn, peppers, potatoes, whatever is on hand.  Today I decided to make pureed zucchini soup with a ginger kick.  The great thing about this recipe is...

Anticipating the Main Harvest

Here Come the TomatoesWith this year’s warm weather, we’ll be picking things from the garden a lot earlier than most years.  I’m often late getting things started, but I did a good job of getting the tomatoes, peppers, and cole crops into the ground before the end of May.  The early start coupled with the hot weather is giving us veggies in July that we normally don’t start harvesting until August.  All in all, it appears we will have a...

Zucchini Heaven or Hell?

It definitely depends upon your perspective.  For us we’re at the beginning of the summer squash season, and so far so good.  I’ve been very diligent in checking and picking the young fruits every day.  Yesterday morning I looked to see what we’d have for dinner & decided to pick the zucchini just before cooking.  I’m positive that the earmarked one was twice the size from morning ‘til night.  Well…at least 50% bigger! They will get ahead of me, they always...

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