Zucchinis

My friend Michelle lives in Utah, she grows a respectable garden. It seems to be sprouting with edible things all the time. You'd find peas and beans ready for pickin' in late springs and early summer. Then tomatoes, lots and lots of tomatoes. If you want to make Cafe Rio's famous tomatillos salsa, she has that also. (tomatillos, not salsa). There are zucchinis, cucumbers, peppers of different varieties, and strawberries. In the fall, when everything else dies, big orange pumpkins spreading their vines.

She once told me this: If you see someone in the groceries stores buying zuccines, you'll know she doesn't have a friend.
She then explained that zucchinis grow like weed, you get so much from one single plant, people who grow them usually beg their friends to take them away.
I never had to buy zucchinis while I was living in Utah.

Today, I bought some.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

I haven't gotten my garden in this year, so I will probably have to buy them too, don't feel bad :)

Karen said...

My two cents: your friend with the big garden overflowing with zucchini obviously doesn't live in an area where land is at a premium and therefore costs WAY TOO MUCH for what it's worth, which is why everyone lives in townhouses here and has no yard for a garden... so there! if we did, then i'd give you zucchini from my garden :o)

and if it makes you feel any better, i've been buying zucchini for a long time...

Jill said...

Looks like it's time to move back to Utah. You'll have plenty of Zucchinis and friends. We really do miss you!

I love garden time around here. Every body is trying to give away produce. It's perfect!

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