weapons-grade zucchini
squash gone feral
What happens when you leave the garden to its own devices for 2 weeks in July? I’ll tell you: weapons-grade zucchini. Lots of other things too: a tomato jungle lopsided under the weight of its unripe but rapidly expanding bounty; the hugest cucumber I’ve seen in my life; corn husks begin to mature; borage starts to blossom… But most notably, you return to face enormous squash plants that in your absence have taken over the world.
When we arrived on Friday night, Barbara greeted us with a 15″ (or even 16″?) zucchini that she discovered earlier and saved for our amusement. 
A quick inspection of the garden in the company of my newly appointed basket girl/assistant, Michael (of Ewalt and Walker fame), revealed another . . . CONTINUE READING → zucchini fest
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