A summer treat for me is fried zucchini flowers. My plants finally started making flowers last week and yesterday I ate my first plate of yummy fried flowers. Unfortunately I noticed that two of the plants are beginning to wilt. Since I don’t use chemicals on my vegetables I can only assume this means the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘zucchini’
Zucchini Flowers!
Posted in Garden, veggies, tagged Garden, zucchini on June 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Zucchini Muffins
Posted in Recipes, veggies, tagged Recipes, veggies, zucchini on September 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
There are probably a zillion different zucchini bread recipes. I use the same recipe for muffins and bread. It’s easy to make and it stays nice and moist, even if you bake it a few minutes too long. So, here’s mine… Ingredients: 3 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 3 teaspoons [...]
Grilled Zucchini Slices
Posted in Recipes, veggies, tagged Recipes, zucchini on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re looking to use up some of those late summer zucchini squash, throw some slices on the grill for a quick vegetable side dish. Pick them young and tender. When they get too big they have too much pulp and won’t do well on the grill. Ingredients: Zucchini squash Olive oil Garlic pepper seasoning [...]
Zucchini Fritters
Posted in Recipes, veggies, tagged food, Recipes, zucchini on August 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
By August most of us who grow zucchini, or have friends giving us zucchini, are looking for new ways to serve them. I liked this recipe for Zucchini Fritters that I found in the Tribune Magazine: Young squash shredded and tossed with chive, lemon and egg. Delicious. Pick the zucchini young and tender, don’t let [...]
Wilted Zucchini Plants
Posted in Garden, veggies, tagged bugs, Garden, squash, zucchini on July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This morning I noticed my zucchini plants had wilted. Watering didn’t help; they stayed wilted. This is the first sign of squash vine borer infestation. The moth that I saw on the plants about 3 weeks ago must have laid eggs on the stems. That would mean the larvae are now present in the stems [...]
Red Alert!
Posted in Garden, veggies, tagged bugs, Garden, squash, zucchini on July 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This morning I sighted a squash vine borer moth flying around my zucchini plants. It’s red body was a dead giveaway. I chased it trying to squish it between my flip flops which I had grabbed off my feet to use as a bug killer. It got away. It briefly hovered over the gord plants [...]
Zucchini Plants
Posted in Garden, veggies, tagged GardenProgress, zucchini on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The zucchini plants are growing nicely. They started producing flowers this week. I picked my first zucchini yesterday, chopped it up and made a zucchini frittata. Yum. No signs of Squash Vine Borer yet, but it’s still early. I can never catch the moths or their eggs until it is too late. This year I [...]
Squash Vine Borer
Posted in Garden, veggies, tagged bugs, Garden, squash, veggies, zucchini on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
RIP squash plants. Over the past few days most of my squash and zucchini plants have wilted and died from squash vine borer. The two plants left have the telltale signs of frass protruding from small holes at the base of the vine. I knew it was inevitable; I’ve been gardening for years and they [...]
Fried Zucchini Flowers
Posted in Recipes, tagged food, Recipes, zucchini on July 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The reason I started growing zucchini was for the flowers. The past few summers I have seen them at the local farmer’s market, but they are easy to grow in your own yard. Pick only the male blossoms. They are the ones on long slender stems. The females are are shorter and have a tiny [...]
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