Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for April 26, 2013
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April 27, 2013
Transcript:
Janis: No way are we planting forty squash!
Arlo: Two dozen?
Janis: Half a dozen!
Arlo: A dozen!
Janis: OK!
Janis: I would've settled for that at the start, but they expect you to haggle!
I don’t know, squash can be fickle, last year we had a huge drought here in michigan and of the 20 or so squash plants we had planted, I think we harvested maybe 10 or 12 full size squash by the end of the summer. The year before that, however, 10 plants yielded us dozens of squash for weeks on end, LOL. It really just depends on the weather where you are as we depend solely on mother nature for our gardens!
The drought was bad here too. I had cucumber out, and 2 plants got me maybe a dozen edible (some were too bitter with the heat) before the weather turned and we had to grab what we could to pickle. I’m hoping all the cool this spring will carry over to a bummer harvest, because I love to CAN. .How does one preserve squash anyway?
Varnes over 11 years ago
simpsonfan, my mom used to say, “Each to their own taste,” said the old woman as she kissed the cow…..I loves me some squash…..
Downundergirl over 11 years ago
should stagger plant them two weeks apart otherwise they all come to fruit at once (still reeling from the Great Zuchinni Glut of 2012)
farren over 11 years ago
Is it zucchini? One would be enough, then – a dozen means hundreds and hundreds of squashes.
frumdebang over 11 years ago
Offices are always full of people trying to give away squash (squashes?) to their coworkers.
scooter_1977 over 11 years ago
I don’t know, squash can be fickle, last year we had a huge drought here in michigan and of the 20 or so squash plants we had planted, I think we harvested maybe 10 or 12 full size squash by the end of the summer. The year before that, however, 10 plants yielded us dozens of squash for weeks on end, LOL. It really just depends on the weather where you are as we depend solely on mother nature for our gardens!
doublepaw over 11 years ago
If you plant too many Zucchini your neighbors lock their doors when you arrive with three foot long squash for them.
jklwaddle over 11 years ago
Happy to receive any and all over-produced veggies!! Love me some homegrown stuff – esp., tomatoes and onions!!
tbritt99 over 11 years ago
oh this can’t end well. Can’t wait til August to see the bumper crop.
JP Steve Premium Member over 11 years ago
A wise person once said “Show me a man buying zucchini and I’ll show you a man with no friends.”
unca jim over 11 years ago
JP Steve; That was worth a laff and a half !!
Luna2 over 11 years ago
Last year (2012) the Topsfield Fair (Massachusetts) showed a real 2009 pound squash.
It was a world record. That is a lot of squash!
sbwertz over 11 years ago
The whiteflies got all of mine last year. I love to stuff zucchini with italian sausage, marinara, top with mozzerella…yum.
water_moon over 11 years ago
The drought was bad here too. I had cucumber out, and 2 plants got me maybe a dozen edible (some were too bitter with the heat) before the weather turned and we had to grab what we could to pickle. I’m hoping all the cool this spring will carry over to a bummer harvest, because I love to CAN. .How does one preserve squash anyway?
rkevwill over 11 years ago
Has anyone ever been to Maggiano’s? They most certainly know what to do with zucchini :)
a2teacher over 11 years ago
And not one comment about Janis being on to Arlo. One thing I love about them – they know all the other’s tricks, yet they still love to play.