Growing zucchini and squash in boxes and boxes and my recipes from them
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DOGS AND PATSICONS LIVE IN CORBAGES
Care for these crops can be quite easy, if you take some action in advance. Interested in this letter and the owner-cook.
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I want to share with readers his experience of growing courgettes and squash. Earlier we had a small country house with ordinary beds at ground level. Why did not they make high? Yes, because the soil was fertile enough, and we decided that as long as it goes. I squashed zucchini through the seedlings, the crop was average.
Now we have a large plot of land, but the soil on it is clayey. Therefore, the whole garden is divided into high beds of different lengths. Aleksey made for them wooden boxes in the height of two boards. Every year I alternate planting of vegetables with them taking into account the crop rotation. Of course, there are zucchini among them.
The most favorite varieties: Yellowfish, Tsukesh, Rolik, Gribovsky. I became addicted to growing patissons.
Here I have favorites Sunny and Snow White. In recent years, planting began to be carried out by dry seeds (I do this in early May) right into the ground, abandoning all pre-treatment treatments, because nature can not be tricked any more - seeds only arise when conditions favorable for them occur.
And special care of courgettes and scallops, too, do not pamper, because these sissies and so are provided with everything necessary. And the whole point is that the high beds from the autumn I fill with all the yummy for the plants: on the turf I lay the cut off branches, the stalks of corn, sunflowers, fallen leaves, kitchen waste, mown grass. And all this good is sandwiched with earth from the compost pile, and then I plant seed beds with siderates.
That's why in the hot season from me
plants only need to mulch the mowed grass, occasionally weeding and watering (if the weather is dry for a long time), picking off the yellowing leaves and timely harvesting.
Crops are stably high. On a photo 1 and 2 my middle sons Roma and Pasha with garden gifts last year. (And in total we have four sons, who help us as much as possible and strong.) In the summer I cook a lot of various dishes from these vegetables (Snow white squash on the photo 3): pancakes, mashed soups, vegetable soups, vegetable stews. For the winter, I freeze in packages sliced vegetables.
See also: Zucchini and squash - growing, planting and leaving from A to Z
MY RECIPES FROM PATISSONS
Since we are talking about delicacies, then at the same time I will share some of my recipes. I'll start with calves from patissons. 3 kg of strong mature fruit cut into small pieces together with the skin (if the bones are large, then remove them with a spoon), 1 kg of carrots rub on the grater, finely cut 1 kg of onions.
In a deep frying pan I pour a glass of sunflower oil, spread the patissons there and lightly fry them. After that, add the onions and carrots to the frying pan. Stir and fry over medium heat 10 min., Stirring constantly. Add the diced 2 kg of ripe tomatoes and fry another 10 min. The resulting mass is ground in a blender, I add 2 art. l. salt, 4 art. l. sugar, 2 st. l. apple cider vinegar and cook on low heat for half an hour, stirring constantly. I spread the prepared caviar in sterilized jars, immediately roll them, turn them upside down and stand under the blanket until it cools down completely.
Now let's talk about Lecho with courgettes. I cut 1,5 kg of fruit into strips (if they are young, I don’t even peel them), I cut 6 medium-sized onion heads into half rings, and 6 large sweet peppers into cubes. I pass 1 kg of tomatoes through a meat grinder, 500 g of carrots are rubbed on a grater. After that I proceed to the preparation of the marinade: I take half a glass of vegetable oil, 2 tbsp. l salt, half a glass of sugar, half a glass of table vinegar (9%) and mix everything thoroughly.
I bring the marinade to a boil and immediately spread the zucchini into it, after 5 minutes. add onions, and after another 5 minutes. - pepper, after another 5 minutes. pour in tomato puree. I cook for 10 minutes, stirring constantly. I lay out everything in sterilized banks, roll up, turn upside down, and stand under the covers until it cools. For lovers of spicy, I recommend chopped pods with hot pepper and peppers.
Last year I discovered a recipe for very tasty squash. They are prepared very simply.
For their preparation, the following products will be required: a small zucchini, 300 g cooked buckwheat, 2 clove of garlic, 1 raw egg, about 100 g flour, salt, pepper to taste and sunflower oil for frying. Preparation: grate the grated small zucchini, add 2 cloves of garlic (passed through the press), salt and pepper (to taste) and 1 raw egg. I mix everything thoroughly. The resulting mass is mixed with 300 g of boiled buckwheat porridge and 100 g flour until complete homogeneity. Spread it all with a spoon in a frying pan with hot oil and fry from two sides to a golden crust over medium heat (you can prepare the dough for the Greek ones in advance and freeze it for future use).
© Author: Maria TROFIMOVA, Kaluga
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Previously, cucumbers and zucchini planted nearby. Firstly, they like the same conditions: a lot of sun, slightly alkaline soil. Secondly, they have almost the same agricultural technology - fertilizing and watering some, he immediately did this for others. Thirdly, when he collected cucumbers for harvesting and realized that they were not enough, he supplemented them with young zucchini. These vegetables get along well in one jar.
However, over time, I noticed that zucchini have more powerful roots, and they suppress the development of cucumbers. Now I plant both cultures at some distance from each other.
Sometimes between cucumbers and zucchini I place beans, peas or onions with garlic. These plants are good neighbors for both those and others. In addition, they relieve cucumbers and squash from many diseases and pests.
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Last year, zucchini were a success for the glory - it was enough for billets, and with relatives to share. To preserve the harvest until the spring, I took only fully ripe fruits of medium size, smooth and smooth, when tapping on which a deaf sound was heard.
She cut the peduncle with a sharp knife in 3-4 cm from the base of the fruit.
Not soap, just wiped off the ground with a dry rag and laid for several days to dry in a well ventilated room.
She kept in closets in the house so that they did not come in contact with each other. Nearby did not keep other vegetables: deducted that zucchini do not like the neighborhood. Thanks to these simple rules the whole family ate favorite vegetables until the very spring.