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Squash - Summer Zucchini - Baby Round

$1.59

The Squash Summer Baby Round Zucchini, 'Cucurbita pepo', is a tasty, unique French heirloom is not available at grocery stores. Do you love summer squash but grow enough each year for a small army? Try Baby Round or Ronde de Nice (as the French call it). The useful 1 to 5 inch squash can be stuffed with delicate delights, steamed and eaten as any summer squash, and has a unique blossom attachment for edible flower use. Plant in the spring, 2 to 4 weeks after the last average frost date. Squash prefers well drained, rich soil with lots of organic matter. Harvest as soon as squash reaches at least 1 inch in diameter and up to 5 inches in length. Squash are most tender and flavorful when young. ... more

Bok Choy - White Stem The Bok Choy White Stem, 'Brassica rapa (Chinensis Group)', is two vegetables in one with tasty spinach-like leaves and crunchy sweet stems. The succulent leaves have a mild Swiss chard mustard flavor and are very tender and tasty. They are used in stir-fries with beef, pork and seafood. They are great in salads when the leaves are young. Drop into soup and simmer just long enough for leaves to become limp. Steam them like spinach for a tasty side dish. White Stems are also called White Mustard Cabbage or Pak Choy. Plant as soon as the soil can be worked in the spring. Plant in late summer for fall and early winter harvest. Harvest the heads after 8 weeks, or when the yellow flowers emerge from the center.