(Mr.) Winter Squash

Apologies for the lack of eye candy of the finished dish in this post... However, I offer a photo of Mr. Winter Squash, harvested from our community garden...from seed!  Out of the giant vine that nearly took over our ~10' garden bed, this squash was the only one to really take off--and boy did it ever! #growyourown

October 2010

At first when cutting into it, the squash seemed very hard.  However, sources tell me that winter squashes just are harder, even when they are ripe!  "Baked Butternut Squash Stuffed with Sausage and Apples" recipe from Joy of Cooking ...you can't go wrong.
Or, you need a Ben to do it for you.

Heirloom Tomatoes

From the Dees garden, some heirloom tomatoes:

 

September 2010

Return of the Blaby Tomatoes (BBC)

An interesting article from 2006 on a guy in Leicester, who is spreading and encouraging the growth of heirloom/"heritage" tomoat0es by dropping seeds everywhere.  Apparently, you can contact him, and he'll give you some. ;]