Blooming squash!

gja1000 · 04-24-2009, 06:11 PM

Hey! My squash are blooming! YAY! There are GOBS of blooms - I think I may have enough squash for ALL of you! LOL!

Janet · 04-25-2009, 04:03 AM

Wow..the blooms are pretty aren't they. I don't think I've ever tried squash.

AngieDoogles · 04-25-2009, 05:23 AM

Wow, it's pretty! I wish I could take you up on that offer. I've never had squash...

Lindsey · 04-25-2009, 08:33 AM

Lol I've never had squash either. I'm so jealous of everyone who has gardens in already! We got snow yesterday

gja1000 · 04-25-2009, 09:03 AM

You all have never eaten yellow crookneck or yellow summer squash?

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/k...000/Squash.jpg

zucchini is on the left, yellow or summer squash on the right. I have yellow summer squash in my garden, I don't care for zucchini.

Lindsey · 04-25-2009, 09:26 AM

I had zucchini loaf once, but that's it!

gja1000 · 04-25-2009, 10:54 AM

Well, you all are missing it! Do the grocery stores carry it where you live? If so, you just buy 3-4 firm, not too big, yellow squash, slice them in about 1/4 inch slices, steam it till soft, but a little butter and salt, and viola! It's great!

donna1990 · 04-25-2009, 10:57 AM

Oh my, I am so jealous. They sure are healthy plants.

gja1000 · 04-25-2009, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by donna1990

Oh my, I am so jealous. They sure are healthy plants.

Good garden soil (we bought at the garden center) and liquid seaweed is the trick, I think.

AngieDoogles · 04-25-2009, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gja1000

Well, you all are missing it! Do the grocery stores carry it where you live? If so, you just buy 3-4 firm, not too big, yellow squash, slice them in about 1/4 inch slices, steam it till soft, but a little butter and salt, and viola! It's great!

Thanks for the tips! I will have to try it sometime...though I have to admit I am a bit worried. But who knows? Maybe I'll love it!

DianaB · 04-25-2009, 05:33 PM

It won't be long before you have squash because they show up right after the blooms!! I love crookneck squash!!! I like zucchini too but the crookneck has a little more flavor, I think. Steam a little onion with your crookneck then add your butter, salt, and pepper!!! Yum!!

judy · 04-26-2009, 07:40 AM

I just bought a yellow squash. I just cut them up, with zucchini and tomato, a little salt, and some tuna or salmon. That has been dinner for the past couple of weeks, unless I'm cheating on my diet.

They are delicious! I love your garden, Gayle. It feels like you just planted it.

Lindsey - don't feel too bad., It snowed here on Sunday. Yesterday was in the 80's though.

04-25-2009, 04:03 AM	#2
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,625	Wow..the blooms are pretty aren't they. I don't think I've ever tried squash. __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

04-25-2009, 05:23 AM	#3
AngieDoogles Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,509	Wow, it's pretty! I wish I could take you up on that offer. I've never had squash... __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~MT

04-25-2009, 08:33 AM	#4
Lindsey Donating 4WT Talker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 3,764	Lol I've never had squash either. I'm so jealous of everyone who has gardens in already! We got snow yesterday __________________ Lindsey "I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it..." -Marilyn Monroe

04-25-2009, 09:03 AM	#5
gja1000 Donating 4WT Yakker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Central Texas Posts: 5,717	You all have never eaten yellow crookneck or yellow summer squash? http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/k...000/Squash.jpg zucchini is on the left, yellow or summer squash on the right. I have yellow summer squash in my garden, I don't care for zucchini. __________________ Gayle

04-25-2009, 09:26 AM	#6
Lindsey Donating 4WT Talker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 3,764	I had zucchini loaf once, but that's it! __________________ Lindsey "I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it..." -Marilyn Monroe

04-25-2009, 10:54 AM	#7
gja1000 Donating 4WT Yakker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Central Texas Posts: 5,717	Well, you all are missing it! Do the grocery stores carry it where you live? If so, you just buy 3-4 firm, not too big, yellow squash, slice them in about 1/4 inch slices, steam it till soft, but a little butter and salt, and viola! It's great! __________________ Gayle

04-25-2009, 10:57 AM	#8
donna1990 Donating 4WT Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Riverview, FL Posts: 1,077	Oh my, I am so jealous. They sure are healthy plants. __________________

04-25-2009, 05:33 PM	#11
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	It won't be long before you have squash because they show up right after the blooms!! I love crookneck squash!!! I like zucchini too but the crookneck has a little more flavor, I think. Steam a little onion with your crookneck then add your butter, salt, and pepper!!! Yum!! __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

04-26-2009, 07:40 AM	#12
judy Donating 4WT Yakker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denver, NY Posts: 8,097	I just bought a yellow squash. I just cut them up, with zucchini and tomato, a little salt, and some tuna or salmon. That has been dinner for the past couple of weeks, unless I'm cheating on my diet. They are delicious! I love your garden, Gayle. It feels like you just planted it. Lindsey - don't feel too bad., It snowed here on Sunday. Yesterday was in the 80's though. __________________ *Judy*

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