Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Fun with Squash: The guessing game

I currently have five (i think) types of squash plants growing in the garden. They are all currently growing like weeds and bursting through the garden fence and into the rest of the yard.
 

Three of the plants I'm sure are zucchini squash - "Cocozelle" to be precise. They're a different variety of zucchini and have beautiful light green stripes on the fruit.

I'm pretty sure one of the plants is a butternut squash. This one has been growing horizontally, latching on to other plants with it's tentacle like feelers and taking half of the garden hostage. But I do love butternut squash soup...
Teeny Tiny Butternut

This is the mystery squash. I think this one came from my coworker, Sherri, and I originally thought it was an acorn squash. It grows more vertical, like the zucchini. But there's a cylinder-shaped squash that appeared overnight - looks nothing like an acorn squash. Sherri said it might even turn out to be a canteloupe or watermelon. We shall see... what fun!

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