Not the sort played in a four walled box, with a hard bouncy ball. I went to watch someone play once - vicious and much too energetic!
My squash are 5 Butternut and I only had one plant - they obviously really loved the heat. There are 3 others too but they're not ready yet and probably won't be suitable for keeping.
It's a good thing that as long as they are kept dry they'll last ages until I can use them all.
We had a good crop of butternut and another type of squash this year. There were winners and losers in the garden this year.
ReplyDeletePenny
More loss than win here but it's good the squash keep well
DeleteWe call them pumpkins here in Australia and all kinds of pumpkin are very popular here we make them into scones and cakes and fruit cakes as well as many vegies dishes and sides to a meal. I came here from England in 1969 and had never heard of them before and even when I had a visit back home for the first time in 1980 by then with a husband and three young children we tried to buy them at the market but no one sold them we were told they only feed them to the cows. How things have changed. From Shirley
ReplyDeletePumpkins were hardly seen her until Halloween took off - now there are pick your own pumpkin patches everywhere.
DeleteThat was quite a harvest from one plant... I shall look forward to seeing what you do with them.
ReplyDeleteCurry is a favourite and I made lasagne with them one year with ricotta and spinach
DeleteThat's a really good crop! We love them in a soup but also roasted in a risotto or cooked an added to a risotto and just roasted as an additional vegetable.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy!
Best wishes
Ellie
I'm so glad they last for doing batch making later
DeleteSilly butternut storing story... I had been given two shop bought butternut just prior to moving back to Africa and meant to pass them on as I knew I'd not have the time before we left to be able to use them up. Then promptly forgot about them.
ReplyDeleteFour and a half months later when our furniture finally arrived and we started to up pack for our new life in South Africa, we unpacked two completely happy and well stored butternut squash ....
Not sure what the removal men must have thought when they wrapped them up in paper.....
Very well travelled squash!
DeleteWhat a lovely crop and so useful
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
I'm pleased to have so many
DeleteI got two small ones. A lot of vines, but surprising few squash.
ReplyDeleteOh dear, that's not so good
DeleteYour butternut squash looks very fine.
ReplyDeleteMy vines grew and produced lots of flowers but only two small squashes. The wildlife was eating the flowers and sometimes the leaves. They did not like the squash due to the hard exterior.
Susan
We once let sheep into the pumpkin field thinking the skins were too tough for the sheep to eat them - wrong!
DeleteWe had a surprising number of butternut squash this year. They must have liked the heat. We've shared them around the family as well as a good neighbour (who had never eaten them before but loved them roasted) Yours look fab,Sue.
ReplyDeleteFingers firmly crossed for the 'unmentionable' subject!!
Angie
8 from one plant is probably my best ever result -I like roast too
DeleteIt really is amazing how long a winter squash can last in storage!
ReplyDeleteThank goodness they do
DeleteWonderful harvest.
ReplyDeleteI'm very pleased
DeleteWe didn't plant butternut squash this year, but my sugar pie pumpkins really took off.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Nice harvest!
ReplyDeleteWe used to have a squash court at school. I played a few times - too much moving around for me lol