Topic: Do you think 24 will be enough...................?

[goodlife]

Squash what do you do with all the courgettes? Or is that a silly question! 

I bet she just picks all the flowers into vase.. ;) ;D Well..they are quite showy and does 'smell' nice too.. ;D

[manicscousers]

Only 2 here, and I use the excess  in mustard pickle  ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

We had torrents here in Birmingham a couple of hours ago. I just hope the site wasn't flooded!

[Doris_Pinks]

I have 3 plants as per usual, and the neighbours shut their doors when they see me arriving with armloads of courgettes! ;D

[Ninnyscrops.]

Romanesco and Tondo, 2 of each to go in at the plot. Stuff 'em with rice, mince, cheese, add them to curries, soups, stews, or anything then forget about them until next year  ;D

I've tried pickling, chutneying, freezing, using in cakes and it just doesn't bite the biscuit in our household now somehow.  :(

Ninny

[Toshofthe Wuffingas]

Maybe this should be in the recipe section but variations on courgette gluts are always handy. I like a sicilian dish that cooks courgette chunks in some olive oil then adding a bit of brown sugar, wine vinegar and cinnamon to the pan. It's also handy grated into rissotos and my daughter in Spain grates it into scrambled eggs. I can recommend that. Herbs are always good with them, tarragon especially.

[Squash64]

Squash what do you do with all the courgettes? Or is that a silly question! 

We do love courgettes!  I use them in various ways, one  way is to cut them into small chunks and fry in butter together with onion and garlic.  They are lovely with pasta too.  I also pack them into little containers and freeze them (cooked)  I give them away too, and get the same reaction as Doris Pinks.  ;)

I'm growing White Volunteer, Rugosa and Defender this year.  At least, I hope I am - the rain here in Birmingham yesterday was so heavy it might have flattened them all.  :'(

[Squash64]

Just got back from the early shift at the lottie and everything has survived the downpour we had yesterday. 

Oh, and I made a mistake about how many courgettes - it's 26, not 24!  :o

[antipodes]

That's just mad, Betty! I have put in 4 courgettes - a black beauty bog-standard courgette, a Striata d'iTalia which was so nice last year, a yellow variety and a mini-squash, which I like, those patty pan ones. And I probably will have too many!!

[lisaparkin]

We have 9 cougette, 10 butternut squash, 8 sunburst squash (seeds were a freebie) and 6 pumpkin  ;D

[Jayb]

I think it might just be enough, now you've had a recount  ;D

Wow, I thought I’d over done it with 4, Leprechaun (round type), White volunteer, Zepher F1 and Rugosa Friulana. Oh and a Cousa type x.

[pumkinlover]

You can always give any surplus away, and make new friends.  A think the slugs have got mine, so may not have many this year.  :( :(

Or loose old ones ;) ;) ;)

[Flighty]

This morning a plot neighbour asked me what courgettes I'm growing this year and I replied none.
Later on he came back and gave me a Nero di Milano plant, so now I'm growing one which will be plenty!   

[Eamon]

I've planted two out, a green and a yellow. My mouth is watering already! :P

[Deb P]

I usually do 4 plants at the lottie and a couple in pots at home which I pick at a really small size and keep on top of. This year it is pumpkins I've gone a bit mad on: I have a new bit of plot to sort so will cover it and plant the pumpkins through a mulch this year.

[RenishawPhil]

I usually do 4 plants at the lottie and a couple in pots at home which I pick at a really small size and keep on top of. This year it is pumpkins I've gone a bit mad on: I have a new bit of plot to sort so will cover it and plant the pumpkins through a mulch this year.

That's what we have kind of done to.  Dandytown from here gave us some giant pumpkin seeds amongst others and they are going great guns

[gavinjconway]

Hope you like courgette soup, chutney, fried, baked, boiled, garnished, grated, stir-fried... Oh and you can make piccalilli with them also..   ;D

[RenishawPhil]

Hope you like courgette soup, chutney, fried, baked, boiled, garnished, grated, stir-fried... Oh and you can make piccalilli with them also..   ;D

And marrow curd!!!

[Flighty]

I'm back to growing none as I arrived at the plot this morning to find that the one I was given, and planted, yesterday has been eaten by slugs!   :(

[Eamon]

I'm back to growing none as I arrived at the plot this morning to find that the one I was given, and planted, yesterday has been eaten by slugs!   :(

Oh man, I hate that. :o My lovely lady and I practice 'Snailwatch' at sundown every evening, torch in one hand and a trowel in the other. It's the best time to catch the little buggers, and their sluggy cousins! Whatever we catch end up taking flying lessons, way out onto the nearby road. ;D It works fantastic for us, but I know it's so much more difficult to do when you're not close to your allotment.