check out the zucchini plants: look under their big leaves
(with mottled silvery markings) for large yellow flowers
....'boy flowers' are on long skinny stems
and their pollen needs to get into the middle of the
'girl' flowers (attached to baby zuccinis) for the zuccinis
to mature. Bees are great at this!
Zucchini plants produce heaps to share if soil around them
is watered every few days so if soil is dry under the plant,
refill its watering bottle to avoid getting water on leaves.
Sustainable harvesting & recipe tips:
Once the girl flowers have been pollinated (flowers then close)
use any closed flowers as a beautiful salad ingredient
or stuff them with herbs, finely chopped capsicum, tomato,
cooked grains.
Zuccinis are ready to eat
when they're thicker than your thumb.
To harvest them without damaging the plant, cut through the
dense base of the zuccini where it attaches to the plant's stem.
Some tasty & quick ways to enjoy them:
Grate zucchini over a bowl of beaten eggs, add fave herbs and
pour into frypan over medium heat for zucchini omelette!
Steam zucchini, toss in olive oil & garlic chives.
Slice and stirfry with Asian greens, capsicum, onion/garlic.
Zuccini & pumpkin look and taste great together: cut them into
small chunks, briefly steam or stirfry, then add
to fritatta or savoury muffin mixes.
Yum :)
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