Friday 23 March 2012

Butternuts; Time to Go....




We had a super bumper crop of Butternuts last year; I must have stored-away at least 50.

But, like everything, they have a shelf-life, and their time is up. We ate the final one about two weeks ago; the last few, below, are now showing their age (ahem), and will be composted.

Still, they lasted through to mid-March; not bad, eh?



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15 comments:

  1. Must check the squashes I've got in store!

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  2. Looks like the grocery aisle in Morrisons!

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    1. I'm not saying what I think it looks like. Suffice to say that I would prescribe penicillin.

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  3. I think the penicillin might already be present, Tom. ;)

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  4. Not bad at all Cro....do you save the seeds from them for replanting?

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    1. No. They need to be F1 Hybrids, otherwise they revert to a slightly different squash, and can be stringy. I grow Avalon or Waltham.

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  5. Age is not kind to anything. I'm growing old and moldy myself.

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  6. Love butternut squish. We've had a home grown pumpkin sitting in our kitchen since mid-October - just..erm.. cos I like the look of them!! hehe.... the chickens have eaten it just this last week and there was no sign of ageing at all. I think we should all develop skin like pumpkins!

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  7. Do you have a root cellar where you store them, Cro?

    And i think keeping them until mid-March is just dandy.

    megan

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    1. They've been in cardboard boxes in a stone-built outdoor shed. We still have red onions, and a few potatoes.

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  8. Good thing we don't compost people when they start showing signs of spots and mold. A bunch of us would be in a lot of trouble.

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    1. Although, spending the Winter in a warm cardboard box would be OK.

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  9. How did you manage to get so many - most people in the UK had a lousy year with the squash family.

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  10. Same thing happened to my marrows. Planted the seeds - four of them have germinated so not all loss.

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