On 3/30/2011 2:15 PM, gloria.p wrote:
> On 3/30/2011 12:24 PM, George Shirley wrote:
>
>>
>> Now I have another thing I can do with summer squash when we get bumper
>> crops, they don't freeze worth a hoot, even when vacuum sealed,
>
> I grated them coarsely and freeze in 2 cup batches in sandwich bags or
> vacuum sealed to use in zucchini bread during the winter or to add to
> vegetable soup. They are fine that way, they make good bread, but I
> forget they are there and end up throwing a few bags away every spring

I've done that with zukes but never with yellow crookneck.
>
>>
>> We got a nice rain last night and the temperatures are just now rising
>> above 60F. Skies are overcast so maybe we won't be as rainfall deficient
>> this year as we were last year.
>
>
> Lucky you! we've had ~20 inches of snow this winter. Average is 50+.
> It's gonna be a bad, dry gardening year.
>
> gloria p
>
We were 25 inches short last year of our annual average. Plus, due to
drought, we were on watering hours in the whole area. Cities frown on
all their drinking and flushing water going into gardens and lawns.