Sneak some zucchini onto your neighbor's porch today : )

highalttransplant

13 years ago

Yep, today is National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day.

Thought people here might want to know : )

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lisalu
13 years ago
Sounds great! Only problem, for me its cukes. I am up to my eyeballs in cucumbers! Do you think I could sneak those in there too?
growinidaho
13 years ago
So far so good! I have 7 plants and 3 baby round zucchini plants. I have 2 zukes in the kitchen and I'm looking up recipes. I might make muffins for my DD and brownies for me.
I made muffins 2 days ago and they are all gone. I love my zucchini "baked".

Last week I hung some on the fence, then called my neighbor and told him there were "friendly zucchini in a bag, hanging on the fence". HA HA!!
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highalttransplant
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13 years ago
Growinidaho, there is a thread on the Harvest forum about all the different things you can use zucchini for. I'll include the link, so you can check it out.

If you have young children, they might like the zucchini candy recipe, mine did.

Here is a link that might be useful: 101 things to make with zucchini
growinidaho
13 years ago
Highalttransplant, thanks! I ended up making eggless zucchini brownies! The neighbors brought us some salsa so I got to share the brownies with them.
nancyjane_gardener
13 years ago
If they are guarding their porch, check for unlocked car doors! LOLOL
instar8
13 years ago
Anyone need my address?? ;~)

Apparently zuke seedlings are gourmet fare for the furry denizens of my fields...i've had to beg and barter for any summer squashy stuff this year.
wally_1936
13 years ago
For those who can't find friends and co-workers who would take your veg's off your hands there is always the local food banks that are always in need.
ishagirl
13 years ago
Wish I lived near you all. I have nothing but trouble with my squash plants. Still hoping to get something off of them, but probably not for a little.
bluebirdie
13 years ago
I found when I give fresh squash to people, they don't know what to do with them. But everything I made with squash are extremely popular. So here mostly it's "National Sneak Some Zucchini muffin Onto Your Neighbor/Friend's Porch Day." People actually haven't run away from me yet :-)

Once a month, I organized small parties to have a few neighbors get together and cook together using mostly produce from my garden. In each dinner, we consumed about 15 lbs of my squash plus some beans etc. Luckily most fellow gardenders here are having a bad year due to the cool weather. So there's no competition in produce give-away.

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