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Zucchini Joy or I never promised you a rose garden
This was supposed to be a rose garden. It did have roses when we moved in, but they were sick and old and had to go. I had planned to put more roses in, and I planted “Royal Velvet” English lavender in preparation for this, envisioning a lovely vista from the picture window that looks out on this bed from our kitchen.
BUT
Our yard has lots of beds and lots of ornamental plants. What of edibles? In the past couple of years, Pdad felt reluctant to put food rather than flowers on display. But last year’s ornamental kale and jack-be-little pumpkins helped him come around. Food can be beautiful and fun and — delicious. Much as I loved the little pumpkins, this year I wanted a true food crop. So I planted my first ever zucchini. And today I discovered my first zucchini! I don’t know which I’m looking forward to more–Pdad’s grilled zucchini or my zucchini nut bread. Either way, I’m excited.
Given our zucchini plant’s fun foliar issues (is that powdery mildew?), it may not rank as our most beautiful specimen (the blossoms are gorgeous–although they have violated my anti-yellow proscriptions), but today at least, it’s near the top for “most satisfying.”
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I have an anti- pink flower rule for my landscaping. LOL