Frets about courgettes
Amateur Gardening|June 13, 2020
A late frost has zapped Toby’s young plants – but he has a plan to help speed things along for his next Italian fix…
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Frets about courgettes

IN these unsure times, there is still one certainty that you can rely on: you’ll never have the right amount of courgettes…

Back in April, I sowed dozens of the shield-shaped seeds with what turned out to be a false spring in my step. The leaves had barely yawned open in the sunshine when they were cut down by a cruel and late frost. Overnight, I had gone from a guaranteed glut to a shortage – and although still alive, once courgettes catch a cold they take an age to recover.

So I’m playing courgette catch-up, and introducing a two-pronged recovery program using pots of seed sown in the polytunnel as well as seeds straight in the ground (see the panel below). And it’s needed more than ever.

Since I discovered that slicing courgettes into disks and cooking to mush wasn’t compulsory, they have become a family favourite. I’ve also made my recipe repertoire more appetizing by called them Italian names – all food tastes better in Italian – so at Casa Bucklano the humble gourd isn’t simply grated but elevated into zucchini frittatas and zucchini spaghetti.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة June 13, 2020 من Amateur Gardening.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة June 13, 2020 من Amateur Gardening.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.