As we were having some friends over, i decided to cook a roast dinner using as much as i could from the garden. The only thing we didn’t have was potatoes, as we’ve eaten our entire harvest! In the pic is squash, savoy cabbage, a load of spinach and ruby red chard, carrots, onions (red and white), beans, courgettes, sweet peppers and tomatoes.
We had a little turkey with it, but it was hardly spottable in the sea of veg!
The Uchiki Kuri squash hasn’t been as productive as i had hoped in the end, the two plants have only produced four biggish fruits so far, and have taken up quite a lot of space to do so. The courgettes have been so much more productive. I think next year (yep, i’m thinking about it already!) i’ll plant 4 squash plants, so they can just intertwine and grow over the whole space.
The ones we’ve had though have tasted absolutely amazing, a very unique taste, whether roasted or fried.
August 28th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Nothing better than an enormous pile of your own produce. Those carrots and onions look delicious!
August 28th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
That is a more than your 5 portions so something must be going very well. I too am thinking of next year and am very keen to try the Uchiki Kuri squash.
If you have a strong enough structure you can grow squash up things rather than just letting them creep around, take a bit of effort to keep them tied on but might be worth thinking about if you are short on space.
August 29th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Ta Meg!
I’d highly recommend Uchiki Kuri, Amy. Good thinking about climbing..i’ve just started planning on paper..watch this space!
September 4th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Our courgettes got away from us entirely and took the beetroot hostage! Not only that, they turned into thin-skinned marrows by lurking in their own undergrowth and growing to enormous size before we found them. But I made a wonderful courgette and chocolate cake from them.
September 13th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Now a courgette and chocolate cake sounds like a plan..where did you find the recipe!