[surbie100]

Am looking forward to a squashy winter! I have missed the cosiness of winter veg and am loving the season change.

I'm attempting gnocchi di zucca this week - hopefully light pillows of tastiness and not the heavy bullets I have previously made.

[sunshineband]

Oooh never made those -- they do sound delicious 

[mumofstig]

The recipe I have for those has some mashed potato in as well.

I wonder if they are lighter without the potato....... I'll have to try that recipe 

[surbie100]

I can't make them work with potato. They turn into leaden lumps.

Spinach and ricotta ones are also great, though wildly off-topic. (waffle, waffle  )

[mumofstig]

Mmmmmmmmmm 

[New shoot]

Lovely squash piccies Surbie and Sunny 

I shall be saving seeds if they are scrummy 

Ears prick up    That is an impressive haul off one plant, so if they are good to eat, I would be interested in a swapsie   

[mumofstig]

Snap 

[New shoot]

This year I grew the tromba curly whirly ones you like Mum and they have been a great sucess    I have several snaking around on top of the greenhouse staging.  Even OH has commented on them and he only usually shows interest when veg appears on a plate 

[snowdrops]

Snap I'd be interested in a swapsies too . Here's my squashes I've posted in the competition thread too so please excuse repetition, just in case they go as waffle


Plus Mr Big

[mumofstig]

I'll have to bring the rest of mine home from my shed, and do a pic of mine - but it wasn't a good harvest for me this year -  I didn't realize just how poor the soil was on the new to me bed, that they were grown in 

[sunshineband]

I'll post when seeds are available 

I grew two long stems on a single plant, each about 3m long; then they were away up the bushes with even more female flowers but I cruelly took them off 

[surbie100]

Crikey Snowy!!    They look great!

[snowdrops]

I bought 3 plants just called Halloween, need to look up what the rest were as I just used up the seeds I had. Nothing special, would like to expand my repertoire, maybe next year.

[surbie100]

They aren't as exciting as a Whangaparoa Crown (wheeeeee!!) but having seen how many seeds you get from a squash, I will have loads of these to spare.

[snowdrops]

Ooh I'm sounding hopeful