Finally a good use for the crookneck gourds....
Halloween marks the end of a long growing season in my garden. I had planted some crookneck squash, butternut squash, zucchinis, eggplant and pumpkins in early spring by sowing them from seed. The crookneck was supposed to grow into a nice little yellow squashes for stir-fries. The bees and mother nature had an entirely different plan, I soon noticed freakish orange looking pump-cinis and zuc-kin's growing in my raised beds, in addition the crookneck gourds turned into a leathery gourds. The damned gourds definitely had there own way of getti'n this Halloween started early. Over all I had a splendid garden year growing salads, raspberries, gooseberries, asparagus, 10 different heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, bok choi, swiss chard, leeks, beets, peppers and a wide variety of herbs. The strangest plants I planted this year had to be kiwi vines and wild ginseng. The most remembered dish this year was zucchini flower tempura.
Happy Halloween.
