Author Topic: Anyone else still eating last years squashes? (Read 2427 times)

sweet-pea · « **on:** June 06, 2007, 11:26:29 »

I started eating my last butternut squash from last years crop last night. Amazed as to how long it has kept for, it was just starting to go a bit soft at the top but otherwise still in perfect condition.

Has anyone else still got squashes left to eat from last year?

SP x

flowerlady · « **Reply #1 on:** June 06, 2007, 11:38:37 »

I still have one Jaspee de Vendee to cut, it's a little on the soft side but will roast nicely. ooo more seeds to offer perhaps !!

Palustris · « **Reply #2 on:** June 06, 2007, 11:45:54 »

From the Freezer, yes plus French beans, broad beans, courgettes and fruit of all sorts.

sweet-pea · « **Reply #3 on:** June 06, 2007, 11:58:46 »

Yes, I still have french beans tomatoes and courgettes in the freezer too, desperately trying to work my way through them now before this years crop is ready!

Doris_Pinks · « **Reply #4 on:** June 06, 2007, 12:49:10 »

Used up my last butternut last week :'( :'(
Have one spaghetti squash left, and that is only because we really are not that keen on them! :)

manicscousers · « **Reply #5 on:** June 06, 2007, 16:27:41 »

no squash, :( but still got a 2lb bag of frozen raspberries,as well as leeks, runners, apple, pears, plums and gooseberries, oh, and 2 sweetcorn left ;D

saddad · « **Reply #6 on:** June 06, 2007, 19:39:22 »

Still got a couple of Crown Prince to use...
;D

flossie · « **Reply #7 on:** June 06, 2007, 19:42:01 »

We have a huge musquade de provence sitting on top of the fridge waiting until I have the energy to try and cut into it...

Jeannine · « **Reply #8 on:** June 06, 2007, 19:43:13 »

Yes, I am still eating mine,I have about 8 Sugar Loaf Delicata left,this is mt favourite,and always outlasts all the others, they are very sweet but with no damage at all XX Jeannine

carolinej · « **Reply #9 on:** June 06, 2007, 20:44:54 »

Due to my bumper first crop last year, I finished eating mine by about christmas!! Needless to say, I am going to grow loads more this year, as I dont like shop bought ones since tasting home grown ones.

cj :)

Jeannine · « **Reply #10 on:** June 06, 2007, 21:25:08 »

This is what I have left now after dinner

carolinej · « **Reply #11 on:** June 06, 2007, 21:35:18 »

Oh wow! What ones are they Jeannine?

cj :)

Jeannine · « **Reply #12 on:** June 06, 2007, 21:40:52 »

They are Sugar Loaf Delicata, when picked and first cured they are a creamy white colour with geen stripes, they turn this colour over a long time in storage these have been 9 months off the vine. After they cure wash the skins in a very mild bleach water, and the same afer each two months or so,this is to kill any mildew spores that may have been on the plants.

I think I sent you some of these.

Oh and Caroline I got 3 Batman pumpkins to germinate,so I will pot one on a ndsend it to you.

XX Jeannine

carolinej · « **Reply #13 on:** June 06, 2007, 21:52:15 »

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I got 3 Batman pumpkins to germinate,so I will pot one on a ndsend it to you

Well done! I just dont know what I did wrong with them. Thank you, you are an angel. I am really looking forward to seeing the end product. Do you think they will be as black on top as the picture showed?

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I think I sent you some of these.

I will check tomorrow if they are still alive. I have lost loads of plants over the lottie. I dont understand it, as some are looking really green and healthy, and some have shrivelled up. They are spread over 2 lotties, so there doesnt seem to be a common theme of where they are planted.

Am I cross.....OF COURSE I AM NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >:(

I think I will keep the batman one you send me at home in the garden where I can keep an eye on it.

I know I have one really healthy 'Jack be Little' and just one of my atlantic giants is doing well.

cj :)

real food · « **Reply #14 on:** June 06, 2007, 22:24:01 »

I have four Festival left in perfect condition. they have been stored in the cool back bedroom, no sun. I may keep one to just see how much longer it will store. My First Taste and Red Kuri, I had to eat them months ago, as they were starting to go soft.
I must try Sugar Loaf next year, and see how it does in Glasgow.

Mrs Ava · « **Reply #15 on:** June 06, 2007, 22:36:31 »

5 crown prince still waiting to be used.

mc55 · « **Reply #16 on:** June 06, 2007, 22:42:11 »

I've got 6 and a half butternuts left ... going soft rapidly though.

carolinej · « **Reply #17 on:** June 06, 2007, 23:00:53 »

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I've got 6 and a half butternuts left

Half? ???

cj :)

Tulipa · « **Reply #18 on:** June 07, 2007, 07:49:15 »

I've still got 3 Winter Festival in the garage, they have been brilliant so I am growing them again this year along with Buttercup. :)

Rhubarb Thrasher · « **Reply #19 on:** June 07, 2007, 13:18:52 »

Jeannine - what's the recipe for your bleach wash?

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