Hello everyone,
I wanted to stop by to give you an update on the varieties of squash that we grew last year and how well they are keeping.
We have been keeping them in the boot room which is on the north side of our house and it has a stone floor with no heating in the room. This is where we piled up almost all the squash when we harvested it in October.
We are now down to a smaller pile which includes two Kabochas, 6 Butternut and that last of the massive Hubbards. I got on the scale with this monster today and it weighed in at 28.8 pounds.
Although the seed cavity will be very large, it will still provide a great deal of flesh. We have been cutting them up and steaming or roasting all the flesh and then storing it in the freezer. Frank took a photo of me with it and I could barely hold onto it.
The Butternuts are keeping perfectly and we will use them last. At the rate we are using it, we should have squash to eat likely up until June at least.
I have already worked out this years planting plans with regards to the squash and considering how very well they did this year, we will repeat again for this season. I would like more Butternuts though so will plan accordingly.
Thanks for stopping by. Will be back with a post about leeks and tomatoes.
Cheers.
~ Melanie ~
I wanted to stop by to give you an update on the varieties of squash that we grew last year and how well they are keeping.
We have been keeping them in the boot room which is on the north side of our house and it has a stone floor with no heating in the room. This is where we piled up almost all the squash when we harvested it in October.
We are now down to a smaller pile which includes two Kabochas, 6 Butternut and that last of the massive Hubbards. I got on the scale with this monster today and it weighed in at 28.8 pounds.
Although the seed cavity will be very large, it will still provide a great deal of flesh. We have been cutting them up and steaming or roasting all the flesh and then storing it in the freezer. Frank took a photo of me with it and I could barely hold onto it.
The Butternuts are keeping perfectly and we will use them last. At the rate we are using it, we should have squash to eat likely up until June at least.
I have already worked out this years planting plans with regards to the squash and considering how very well they did this year, we will repeat again for this season. I would like more Butternuts though so will plan accordingly.
Thanks for stopping by. Will be back with a post about leeks and tomatoes.
Cheers.
~ Melanie ~
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