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Barbara Pleasant: Enough Squash for Everyone
 

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Squash bugs zucchini blossoms cooking zucchini tricolor mixes Barbara Pleasant gardening

Okay, so I didn't plant all three varieties in the Tricolor Zucchini mix from Renee's Garden. The seeds in the packet are color coded, so I picked out bright yellow 'Golden Dawn' and dark green 'Raven' for a wonderfully tasty high-contrast duo. Cookbooks don't fail me now! My bedside reading has been The Classic Zucchini Cookbook, which has some great stews and casseroles that should help delay squash burnout at least for a while.
Squash Bug
Squash Bug

Squash bugs zucchini blossoms cooking zucchini tricolor mixes Barbara Pleasant gardening

When you find egg clusters like these on the tops of the leaves, there will probably be several more clusters crevices on leaf undersides. Scrape 'em!

Squash bugs zucchini blossoms cooking zucchini tricolor mixes Barbara Pleasant gardening
Forno Beets
Forno Beets
Golden Dawn Zucchini

Squash bugs zucchini blossoms cooking zucchini tricol
I've been lucky with pests, though a few daring squash bugs have plastered clusters of eggs on the squash leaves. I nab the big ones with my fingers and squash 'em with my foot, and use the tip of an old steak knife to scrape the eggs from the leaves.

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Squaash Bug Eggs
Squash Bug Eggs

Barbara Pleasant forono beets

Fortunately, nothing is bothering the Forono beets, which can't wait to push out of the soil even though I've hilled them up a bit. Lately there are lots of good things to eat for dinner, but these warm roasted beets top them all.