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4 zucchini plants will feed a family of 10 and have enough left over to put in a still to be boiled down for illegal alcohol. 6 - um probably too many for just one person. I'd go for 2 only I think.
Ah ok good call! I am growing it to give to someone with a family and can probably anonymously gift excess to a dumping/exchange area…
I’ve just planted many seeds and potted out 4 of the largest in case I failed at gardening
Edit: I’ve created a monster haven’t I
Zucchs are monsters. The problem with gifting extras is that when ones own zucchs come up ripe, so are everyone else's. Illegal alcohol is your friend here. Still, having an extra or two on the go in case of snail/slug invasion is a good idea.
@TheWitchofThornbury @melbaboutown whassisname who did the Prairie Home Companion radio show did a bit about late summer being the only time in Lake Wobegon when you had to lock your car, because if you didn't, you would come back and find a box of zucchinis on the back seat.
Yup. Fully agree. About 15 years ago I kept my horse over summer in a small paddock in EBrunswick down by the creek. The council made me keep a covered skip for the horse manure, which was fair enough I reckon. I loaded it up every day as per council regulations, but NEVER had to empty it, as the contents would mysteriously vanish overnight and boxes of tomatoes and other garden vegetables would miraculously appear in my horse's shelter shed. A sort of black economy of horse manure/vegies, all without one word being said. I kinda miss that.
@TheWitchofThornbury there's always one zucchini that you don't see until it's the size of a small nuclear submarine.
Did you see the news article a few years ago where this happened to a gardener in Germany - but an aerial photographer (too early for drones) saw it and called in the bomb squad cos they thought it was unexploded munition from WW2. Lots of egg on face all round when the bomb squad arrived to deactivate it.
Oh no… I don’t even drink alcohol.
I’ll leave it at the 4 I already planted out and ‘donate’ the other plants. I just wanted to do something constructive and help feed people ðŸ˜
I wanted to plant mini pumpkins too but will likely have my hands full as is.
Small/mixed seed bundles should be a thing
Alcohol is trade goods.
Knowing my luck the still would blow up or I’d get jailed. Pappy didn’t teach me how to do that proper…
Also… do you really want me giving the people in my area more alcohol 😬
Oops. A definite consideration to be sure. My bad.