Re: [gardeners] Cucuzzi, aka Italian edible squash
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Wed, 10 Jun 1998 15:08:04
At 02:24 PM 6/10/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Margaret wrote:
>
>> My God, six plants! (My mail just got unstuck. Was a system breakdown).
>> Did the flower arranger/goatsbeard recipient recommend that? Margaret, who
>> has frozen a lot of mandolined zucc over the years. I hate to see it for
>> 79 and 89 cents a pound in the stores mid-winter and think it looks good.
>
>No, it wasn't the goatsbeard recipient on this one. It was the shameful
>daughter. I was on the phone with Mother a week or so before they left on
>trip and she mentioned needing to thin The Thighs down to a final number
>of plants. I had suggested 2. She said 3. Since I hate being
>'contradicted', I said, "come to think of it, you should leave at least
>six just in case something happens to the plants while you are out of
>town." She is going to kill me when she returns to find that the squash
>have taken over the garden.
>
>Catharine
>
Either that or your dad will build a log cabin from thighs and force you to
move in next door. Mom Vinson could white-glove inspect your home on a
daily basis then. I have this vision --------
George