One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. ~W.E. Johns
I enjoy pushing the envelope, especially when it comes to gardening. My good friend Lucy of Sweets, Savories Etc. gifted me with Black Beauty Zucchini Squash seeds. I placed them in a plastic baggie wrapped in a damp coffee filter, as soon as they sprouted I set them outdoors in their pots with a mini greenhouse over top. The greenhouses are made from recycled pop bottles, as long as it stays in the 40's at night I have left the top off. The pots are in a full southern exposure, if it gets too cool at night (frost) I will bring them inside for the night. As you can see, so far they are enjoying their new home ... 'grow baby grow'! If all goes as planned I should have zucchini by early June.
Black Beauty Summer Squash
19 comments:
Let those babies grow and then enjoy.
Look at that baby grow!!!! I just love the whole process, as you know! And... I want that greenhouse right below this post!!
Soon the fruits of your labor will be yielding and yielding, YEA!
A pop bottle greenhouse! What a grand idea! I need to thin my seedlings. Gardening is anticipation - it also has taught me patience over the years! (Although I can't want to see the entire plant)
How cute! Zucchini babies! I love your special greenhouses too! I can tell you're going to have a great time with your garden this summer.
Theresa I am looking forward to homegrown zucchini.
Lucy .. LOL, wonder if my landlord would notice a greenhouse on the roof? My little recycled bottles are working, I am happy :)
Claudia .. anticipation is what it is all about isn't it?
Sue .. Oh yeah, I am looking forward to my expanded experimental garden.
anticipation is great...except when your garden fails. then the excitement of growing your own veggies disappears pretty quickly. :)
What a cool method. Happy Gardening!
Great job Mom! Your babies seem to be quite happy and the homemade greenhouses seem to be very successful! :)
If the zuchinni grow as predicted, you'll be feeding the entire neighborhood! Yum.
Love that idea! Zucchini in June? I better tell the hubby about this!
Grow baby grow!!
LOL Grace .. bite your tongue, "failure is not an option"
Thanks Balisha :)
Yep Racquel, they are performing just as I anticipated :)
Jean ... I will grate and store (freezer) any extras for zucchini bread later in the year.
Marie .. with the containers I can plant earlier, and bring them inside in case of frost (like tonite) :)
How exciting to watch those seeds push big green leaves through the dirt. Hope you get a wonderful harvest!
How fun! You have more patience than I, for sure.
LL
Horray for the pop bottle idea. My seedlings will not harden over and I am afraid to plant them as even one rain drop would kill them but the bottles are brilliant. Thanks for sharing! Now I have alot of pop to drink up!
Thanks Lynn, and thanks for stopping by :)
Lol Lori, I have the patience to grow from seed so that I can have an early harvest :)
Robin .. good luck with the bottles, I hope to put my other seedlings out this weekend .. "undercover".
I really like this idea a lot and wish I would have found your blog before I decided to convert my raised beds into mini greenhouses with plastic and pvc. Grrr...oh well.
Only squash I have going in this year is a bush butternut squash.
Hi Jeff
Well it came to me that a recycled pop bottle would create the perfect atmosphere for seedlings, and I am happy it worked so well. Oh I would love to try bush butternut, I will have to go on a search for this.
Thanks for stopping by.... :)
What a fantastic idea with the pop bottles! I wish I had heard of this idea a month ago. You can bet that I will be using pop bottle green houses next April.
Hi DanZ .. yes the pop bottles worked really well, and I will expand one this idea next year.
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