Squash haul 2014

This is the first year I've not been late planting out my squashes and I am so chuffed with the haul!

They should keep us supplied for winter - we've eaten 3 already and there are 2 butternuts still growing on the plot.

    

Waffle away! I didn't pile them in a logical way - the 2 orange ones at the back are rouge vif d'etamps, the big tan one at the back is muscat de provence, then there is a crown prince on the left, next to a stripey tonda padana, a black futsu balanced on the queensland blue with the last potimarron in front of that. There are a couple more black futsus (seeds for the circle), butternut and the thelma sanders.

Am really looking forward to trying them all over the next months - most of them are new varieties to me.

Nice work Surbie, looks good

Cheers,
Balders

Whatever that is - it's too big for my laptop to make any sense of it 

Mine have been a bumper crop both in size and amount.

As we are waffling I thought I'd share this one with you. They are Whangaparoa Crowns from New Zealand.

My friend returned to NZ after her husband died last year, and left me with her old seeds. Only one germinated and these all came from that one plant.

She is now about to buy a house in... wait for it.... Whangaparoa District 

Must be meant to happen 

Well done Surbie, they look great  do they all taste the same though?

Sunny those Whangaporoa Crowns are amazing 

I don't know yet.  I know the thelma sanders have a different flavour to the potimarrons, but the haul is still maturing on the windowsill.

Sunny those squash look fabulous! Have been wanting to know how they do here as I've bought seeds. On the internet they are compared to crown prince a lot, but with the bonus that these are open pollinated rather than F1 so you can save seeds easily. Have you eaten any of them?

Surbie I haven't eaten any yet as I always leave squashes through until November before opening one up. I'll let you know what they are like.

I shall be saving seeds if they are scrummy 

Stashed away in the spare bedroom I also have Turks Turbans, Thelma Sanders and butternuts too  Been a pretty good year here for squashes all round