Attila has been pollinating the blooms manually, he says it works really well.
Tomorrow two more just like this well be ready.
This morning Attila brought in the first full sized zucchini. Since I baked muffins last week, this lovely specimen will become my lunch, sauteed with onion, grated carrot, chopped beet leaves and stems, and an egg. I will serve the vegetables on one serving of cooked, then cooled, then heated, noodles. The mixture will be tossed with home canned Sweet Thai Chili Sauce.
Attila says there are many more zucchini that will soon be ready. I plan on baking a LOT of chocolate zucchini muffins, it will be a marathon muffin baking day. They will be frozen to enjoy over the course of the summer. During the winter months I use grated apple in my muffins, but I prefer them made with zucchini.
I love the English language. Of course I am biased, English is my mother tongue.
Occasionally I look at the news. This morning I was looking at headlines posted on CTV news, The Canadian Press. I wondered about the editing, who let this one pass for publication.
Shipwreck seen for first time since sinking by Canadian crew
Then, when I revisited this link, just a few hours later, the article had been renamed: Canadian crew the first to see shipwreck since its sinking
Obviously I was not the only one to notice the original title. The correction was quick, and much appreciated.
Note: No entrepreneurs have been harmed in the making of this post. No lettuce sales were lost as a result of planting lettuce roots. The garden has three other varieties of lettuce grown from seed, the specimens grown from roots are for experimentation purposes only. We do not purchase lettuce during lettuce harvest season in the garden.
We bought lettuce with the roots intact, after eating the lettuce, Attila planted the roots.
Voila! Salad!!
Upper left to right: rutabagas, broccoli, carrots.
Bottom: lettuce
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23°C
Date: 11:00 AM EDT Wednesday 8 July 2026
Condition: Partly Cloudy
Pressure: 101.7 kPa
Tendency: Falling
Temperature: 23.1°C
Dew point: 20.7°C
Humidity: 86%
Wind: S 19 km/h
Humidex: 31
Visibility: 24 km
Quote
“One’s own flowers and some of one’s own vegetables make acceptable, free, self-congratulatory gifts when visiting friends, though giving zucchini – or leaving it on the doorstep, ringing the bell, and running – is a social faux pas.”
Barbara Holland
1933 – 2010
Maggie, you’re funny today! Thanks for the smiles.
Wendy, it is always a joy to share a smile with a friend!