I use a lot of my zukes to make zucchini pancakes. I use 4 cups of grated zucchini, an egg or two, a teaspoon of baking powder, a teaspoon of salt and however much flour it takes to make a batter. I usually add some vegetable oil to the batter as well to discourage sticking. Once I have the basic batter, I can take it in a number of different directions: Italian, Mexican, Asian, sweet, etc. by adding spices and whatever else. The batter itself is very mild tasting and easily takes on whatever character you want to give it.
As a kid my grandpa had me put halfway in a coffee tin of chicken poop ,top it a inch of sand and have nail holes 1 inch from bottom in the sides of the can pointed towards three watermelon seeds and water daily. A old Kentucky hills trick
When an occasional zucchini gets away from me and grows too large, I slice it in half lengthwise, remove the seeds from the center, and then stuff and bake it. Brown ground beef with some onion, salt, pepper, add tomato sauce and rice if you like, or a cheese sauce, top with shredded cheddar, mozzarella or Parmesan cheese. Place in a baking dish, cover, bake @ 350 F about 45 minutes. Overgrown zucchini can also be shredded, packed 2 cups at a time into zip-lock bags, and frozen to be used in recipes (zucchini bread) through the winter.
Absolutely growing zucchini. I grate my excess and freeze in plastic freezer bags in 2 Cup quantities. I add the defrosted zucchini to soups, casseroles, lasagne, spaghetti sauce and so many more dishes all winter long. It adds vitamins, sweetness and thickens. And of course I bake them into zucchini walnut muffins. My boyfriend doesn’t eat zucchini if he can see it but happily consumes all the grated zucchini he does not know about.
I put shredded overgrown zucchini in my sourdough bread and then reduce the water added. A little olive oil and rosemary makes for a fabulous savory loaf.
I’ve only discovered your channel this spring. Retired and getting into vegetable gardening after serious illness. So well presented and comprehensive info. Thank you. Pat
My dad is 92 years old, & has planted a garden every year for over 50 years. He makes a little hill when planting our zucchini & yellow squash. We have straight & crookneck. Also eggplant, okra, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, green beans (Roma) strawberries (bearing now) green onions, kale, parsley, basil, mint, dill, & rosemary. 30’ rows. Thanks for your tips.
A few years ago I was having a problem with polination with the zucchini. I did some investigation and found out that if you cut some of the larger leaves off a plant, it makes it much easier for the insects to do their thing. I tried it and it worked great.
not gonna lie your channel is by far the most useful for guides and stuff. you focus of what people are asking for in a simple way and show it all on camera making it clear. the sections of the videos are managed well and consistent and never repeats... every video has new information and you are my favourite gardening channel! keep it up and thanks for all the tips and guides! 😁
Great advice about popping in a plant pot to hold onto water to be directed to the roots rather than run off. Also, the organic matter around the plant to avoid a hard crust 😊
This is the first year that I've grown 95% of my garden from seed, it's been an interesting adventure. Like riding a roller coaster, lots of highs and lows.
I grow in Louisiana, have no problem with slugs/snails in my raised garden beds but use a method for controlling non-vine type plants. I once had a mildew problem, to solve this I began pinching off all stems leaving 3 to 6 inches away from the main plant of any leaves which touch the ground. I leave alone all leaves with upward pointing stems. Start this process when plants are mostly mature & flowering. Removing ground touching leaves slows down powdery mildew & allows bees better access to the plants plus allows increased airflow. Plants will actually have a longer life cycle & pinched off stems & leaves do well in the mulch pile. Thanks to the posters who recommended dehydration chips & allowing a few end of season to "mature" into gourd type fruits which I can store for a few months. I will experiment doing both this year. I have 18 plants in my garden & am very popular with friends, relatives, neighbors.
i grow loads of zucchini; made relish, pickles, grated loads for zucchini bread and froze it for winter as well. Love it in soups, salads, fried and spaghetti sauce. Our all time favorite ! Also stuffed zucchini is my comfort food !
It never dawned on me to hand pollinate courgette I will defiantly try this year I normally grow three plants to give the bees a better chance, but I really only need two. Thanks for the top tip!
Great information! Thank you for sharing. I LOVED the trick of putting the plastic planter down in the soil so that the watering can go directly to the room system. Brilliant!
What great suggestions. I planted 6 plants and they are growing so well so far with lots of flowers. Your trip for pollination is much appreciated. Thanks
Mix the yellow and green with sliced/quartered onion, olive oil or butter, salt/pepper and a dash of oregano. Saute to desired doneness. Makes very pretty side dish and onion sweetens the squash even further. Optionally quarter tomatoes and add at end just to warm. Even more colorful. Very Italian vibe. Note: This is actually best sauteed in margarine, but hydrogenated oils are another story.
One tip for using zucchinis is to slice them fairly thin and dry the slices. They taste lovely dried! You can add a bit of spice, but too much and they will get very intense as it concentrates as they dry. This works with oversized fruit, if its not too big!
Just discovered your channel and so glad I have, all my gardening questions are being answered!! I have grown yellow courgettes/zucchini for the first time ever in raised beds this year. They have been more than prolific and I am getting 1-2 fruits per day! Best cooking idea so far is to just thinly slice, drizzle with olive oil and sea salt, mix with hands and then scatter homegrown thyme (which I have) on them. Then in the oven on a high heat, turning/tossing occasionally - 10/15 mins later they are absolutely delicious! Thank you so much for all your fabulous tips, absolutely spot on!
I second chocolate chip zucchini cake, one quart of shredded zucchini per recipe, same amount for zucchini bread and zucchini pizza crust. Shredded raw zucchini dries in 5 or 6 hours in a dehydrator and is great in homemade backpacking hot water only dinners, plus throw a couple handfuls in winter soups. We have squash bugs. The romanesco variety is less tasty to these destructive insects, and stays edible for people even when it gets large. Surrounding the vines with calendula also helps keep the hugs away. Just one plant per garden, one year we got 16 foot long vines. Watch out for zucchini surprise, we have found a few 24 pounders lurking that were not there the day before.
Planted out our first 3 plants 2 weeks ago and will cover them tomorrow to protect from the frost. The next 2 plants are in post at the moment but will go in the ground after this cold snap. We usually get one a tear that grows enormous, and by that I mean 15-18" long. Doesn't affect the taste and keeps for ages in the fridge. As well as cooking from fresh, we make cake and various chutneys as well as dicing and freezing them on a tray before bagging them. That way we have plenty to keep us going through the autumn. Yellow ones are lovely raw - slice thinly and put them in a salad.
I think i will plant my courgettes out this morning. I absolutley love your channel and consult it whenever I need to do something with my garden veg :)
I finely diced zucchini and replace half the ground meat in a recipe to increase vegetables. Also thin cooked slices in place of lasagna noodles. Saute with tomatoes garlic and topped with parmesan is one of my favorites!
I grow them every year! I pick them small but I always leave a few to get large by the end of the season to use in my zucchini relish and salsa! The flesh simmers up perfectly and tastes delicious! Thanks for the awesome video! :)
These are great cut into chip style sizes, tossed in olive oil and the spice of your choice then air fried for about 10 to 12 minutes shaking halfway through. Yummy!
A favorite zucchini recipe is from my Sicilian grandmother. Slice small zucchini in rounds, add to a pot with diced yellow onions, diced tomatoes and crushed garlic. The tomatoes usually provide plenty of liquid to start, and the zucchini provide the rest. Simmer for about an hour to blend all flavors, adding Italian herbs if you like. Makes a great side dish, or a Vegetarian meal with just crusty bread and salad.
@@sparklemotion8377Yes, you can start with olive oil, for the onions and garlic if you like. I just see how juicy the tomatoes are, before adding any other liquids. Most times, I do start with olive oil!
Ae Norist We have four human bipeds in our immediate family PLUS 5 livestock guardian dogs, 4 mouser cats, 4 bunnies and 236 chickens’ mouths to feed! All except the cats LOVE all summer squash. We grow 40 plants and it’s never enough!!! 😁
Remember to pick them very often and while they are still young. I often cut them when they are just four inches/10cm long. Just be sure to head out daily and pick the ones you see.
In addition to zucchini muffins, cakes, and breads, I add shredded zucchini to spaghetti sauce, zucchini, soup, etc. They are also yummy grilled. If you get some giant ones, scoop out the seeds and they still work fine for recipes calling for shredded zucchini, plus you can roast and eat the seeds like pumpkin seeds... Very nutty and delicious to add to your zucchini bread of you want.
This video was my first view of your channel. I loved your spirit. You made me smile and you made me happy for you being so good at doing the video. Subscribing. Thank you.
What my mom and I usually do is direct sow them into the garden soil when it is warm enough and after the last frost. In our garden they grow like weeds! LOL We ALWAYS end up with the monster Zucchinis! IT NEVER Fails!! One day we will go out and check them and they will be too small to pick. Next day still too small. So we wait 2 days and suddenly they have grown to MONSTER Size!! LOL As to what/how we use Zucchini: We usually shred up, measure out and then freeze some of the Zucchini in containers that are sized just right for most of the recipes that we use the Zucchini in. We use the Zucchini to make Zucchini bread or Zucchini cake.
I started zukes from seed for the first time this year! they have sprouted vigorously and I am looking forward to planting them in the next few days. We are using a squash cage - like a tomato cage but the tines are in the wide end, so it looks like an upside down tomato cage. We are really excited about seeing how this works as it does free up a lot of 'real estate' within the garden itself. Thanks for the video, very helpful!!
Loved the tip about using a pot to get water to the roots! Self pollinating will help us this year, too. We expect our last frost this week and are eager to get our seedlings outside. Thanks for your lovely videos!
Thanks for sharing these great videos! I have just got into growing veg since the lockdown started and courgettes were the first thing I wanted to try! My seedlings are coming along nicely! I have a tiny little greenhouse to start everything off in and so far I have yellow courgettes, gem squash, tomatoes, red pepper, radish, lettuce, beetroot, celery, spring onion, and strawberries as well as a few herbs. Hopefully it all goes well, it’s my first time and I am learning so much from your channel!
I am growing goldens in 3" netpots in a hydroponics set up this year. They look really good. I came onto your page to find when to start to harvest, so thanks for that, and am going to cut the largest now.
I grow these beauties every year, and always successful ( shouldn’t speak too soon!) 🙈 thanks Ben, so glad I found your channel , you’re always a joy to listen to 👍
We're having the longest zucchini season. Finally wrapped the stem with foil to foil the squash vine borer. It really worked. Next year will wrap higher as the plant grows. Favorite way to use them is cut them in half lengthwise and scoop out the flesh leaving a 1/4" border. Put cut side down on the grill for 10 minutes or so . Put in your favorite filling. We use mexican seasoned ground meat and top with cheese. Return to the grill filling side up until the cheese melts and the bottom is slightly browned. We're having this tonight as a matter of fact and we're adding some corn kernels cut off the cob. Yum.
One year we had TONS of zucchini. We gave a lot away & made as many zucchini recipes as we could. One recipe we found online that was our favorite was Zucchini Crisp. It was a FABULOUS dessert! We especially liked it topped with cream or ice cream! I tasted a lot like Apple Crisp, but not quite. We didn't tell our guests what it was...no one could guess that it was made from zucchini!
This was so helpful, especially the watering tip. I'm going to go out and do that today. I got my hands a regular courgette plant but only had room to grow it in a pot. Here's hoping the pot won't be too small. Thanks for another great video!
Thank you i learned a lot, I’m currently growing courgettes and your tips probably saved my crop, thanks again great video as usual, keep up the hard work
If you do miss a zucchini until it is a little large for stove-top cooking, you can always clean out the seeds in the center ( dry and save the seeds for next year), then stuff the zucchini halves with a meatloaf mixture and bake in the oven in a water filled pan 350° for 35-45 minutes.
I have a problem most years with squash bugs infesting my zucchini. One thing that I find helps with this, is to give the plants a good watering with the hose right directly onto the base of the plant...immediately all the squash bugs start running up the stalks to get away from the water and you can pick them off and feed them to the chickens or kill them. (The bugs live down around the base of the plant in the top of the soil.)
If one escape and grows too big, my grandma in Italy used to slice them thinly, salt them and let them sweat a bit, pat dry them, flour and fry. Yum! Another yummy recipe for the flowers is to stuff them with mozzarella, breadcrumbs and chopped ham (or bacon), lay them in the baking tray, cover them with more breadcrumbs, olive oil,salt and pepper and bake till crispy. Can you tell they are one of my favourite veg?
That’s so wonderful, I transplanted my zucchini and it didn’t fruit because of no pollinators and the hot weather was blistering it was 115F and since they are in pots they easily dried so I will put them in a tower pots or make my watering frequently. Thanks for the video 👩🌾👍🥰
@@lindatrabold2367 I put them in spaghetti sauce and didn't let them cook long enough and they were still crunchy, so make sure they rehydrate well before eating.
Thanks so much for the helpful way you teach garden, this is my first year ever growing anything. I'm doing well I have managed to successfully grow courgette🥒,onion,leek,white marsh potatoes🥔,beetroot,purple sprouting broccoli🥦,brussel sprouts,cabbage, cauliflower,carrots🥕 2 types, cherry radishes, snowball turnips, basil,coriander,mix lead,mustard and rocket salad leafs🥬(I did try big lettuce but it didn't go well😑) 3 types of tomatoes (money makers, marmande and plum) that are doing great all 12 are flowering😊🍅,garlic and I made a fruit corner with 2 types of strawberries, raspberries and bramble canes all seem to been doing well and lastly my new house came with an apple🍏🍎🌳🌸 tree it didn't produce fruits last year but with watering it with plant food every wk it bloomed magnificent and is new growing apples soo happy with my self and it's all down to your help so thanks much 😊👌👍👩🌾with lock down its kept.the family entertained as well as learning.
Using small pots for watering, I’m definitely going to do it this season！ I really like your videos,fun to watch,motivating and soooo many things to learn. Thank you ！
I am growing some golden zucchini for the first time. I plan on lacto fermenting some of them, as I know how delicious fermented zucchini are, having done so many times before.
Thanks for these videos! Love zucchini and started growing it this year. Looking forward to stuffed squash blossoms. Also, just created a vegan alternative to cheese enchiladas using zucchini as the filling. Very tasty!
Love the quick, to the point instruction! More like bullet points which works for me! Zucchini is very easy to grow where I live (California Central Valley) but I can always use a clever hint!
Thank you! We need to grow some! We love making ‘zoodles’, sauté in olive oil with onions and garlic, salt and pepper and top with grated Parmesan. 💖💐 from Texas 🤠
Yes, I am also doing Zucchini, a yellow one, a green stripe one and a round one for the first time. I love using Zucchini to make Antipasti. Together with bellpepper, onion, garlic, olives, artichokes, mushroom, Peperoni or mild chilli and herbs, balsamico, Oliveoel, salt and pepper. But any veg that you like can go in. Great to eat with fresh bread or Pasta or for a Party. Its a make ahead food and keeps for days in the fridge. 🙂🙋🏼♀️
I shred my extra zucchini and freeze in bags of 1 or two cups to use in bread and cake recipes during the winter. I also make a zucchini relish, sometimes with dill or jalapeno and can it.Great on sandwiches of all types.
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I use a lot of my zukes to make zucchini pancakes. I use 4 cups of grated zucchini, an egg or two, a teaspoon of baking powder, a teaspoon of salt and however much flour it takes to make a batter. I usually add some vegetable oil to the batter as well to discourage sticking. Once I have the basic batter, I can take it in a number of different directions: Italian, Mexican, Asian, sweet, etc. by adding spices and whatever else. The batter itself is very mild tasting and easily takes on whatever character you want to give it.
thanks, I love this idea. I'll definitely give it a try.
My grandmother used to make zucchini pancakes and it was a glorious day for all us kids when she did. They’re delicious!
This is great! Thanks for the idea!
Love this!
How delicious this sounds, thank you Peter.
The pot in the soil for watering is brilliant!
I've also burried empty plastic pop bottles with the bottoms out and small holes in the top (but bottom when. you invert it).
As a kid my grandpa had me put halfway in a coffee tin of chicken poop ,top it a inch of sand and have nail holes 1 inch from bottom in the sides of the can pointed towards three watermelon seeds and water daily.
A old Kentucky hills trick
Isn’t that technique called deep watering?
@@johnjude2685 That's genius. I've got to try that.
When an occasional zucchini gets away from me and grows too large, I slice it in half lengthwise, remove the seeds from the center, and then stuff and bake it. Brown ground beef with some onion, salt, pepper, add tomato sauce and rice if you like, or a cheese sauce, top with shredded cheddar, mozzarella or Parmesan cheese. Place in a baking dish, cover, bake @ 350 F about 45 minutes. Overgrown zucchini can also be shredded, packed 2 cups at a time into zip-lock bags, and frozen to be used in recipes (zucchini bread) through the winter.
Sounds yummy!
I recommend the TH-cam documentary "Land of hope and glory" on how beef is produced in the UK, it's really surprising
That is how my mom always did zucchini. I never knew to pick them small until I was grown. I still let one or two get big so I can stuff them.
Absolutely growing zucchini. I grate my excess and freeze in plastic freezer bags in 2 Cup quantities. I add the defrosted zucchini to soups, casseroles, lasagne, spaghetti sauce and so many more dishes all winter long. It adds vitamins, sweetness and thickens. And of course I bake them into zucchini walnut muffins. My boyfriend doesn’t eat zucchini if he can see it but happily consumes all the grated zucchini he does not know about.
What a brilliant idea!
This is great info 👌
I put shredded overgrown zucchini in my sourdough bread and then reduce the water added. A little olive oil and rosemary makes for a fabulous savory loaf.
I will try this! I'm doing a sourdough starter, will be ready when those zuchs start to pop!
What a great or should I say grate 😂😂😂 idea. I must try this.
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I’ve only discovered your channel this spring. Retired and getting into vegetable gardening after serious illness. So well presented and comprehensive info. Thank you.
Pat
Thanks Pat - I hope you continue to enjoy our videos. :-)
My grandparents lived in a small town where they didn’t lock their doors...except in August, ‘cuz people would give you zucchini!
My dad is 92 years old, & has planted a garden every year for over 50 years. He makes a little hill when planting our zucchini & yellow squash. We have straight & crookneck. Also eggplant, okra, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, green beans (Roma) strawberries (bearing now) green onions, kale, parsley, basil, mint, dill, & rosemary. 30’ rows. Thanks for your tips.
Why does he hill them?
A few years ago I was having a problem with polination with the zucchini. I did some investigation and found out that if you cut some of the larger leaves off a plant, it makes it much easier for the insects to do their thing. I tried it and it worked great.
Great tip!
Thank you, I’m going to try that today. I did think how on Earth can the bees get to the flowers for some of mine.
I do that with my tomato plants, sometimes the flowers are hidden the bees can’t reach.
I love courgettes! This is my first time growing them. I have 8 seeds beginning to germinate. Thanks for all your videos. I just bought your book!!
Thanks for your support Louise. I agree, courgettes are awesome!
not gonna lie your channel is by far the most useful for guides and stuff. you focus of what people are asking for in a simple way and show it all on camera making it clear. the sections of the videos are managed well and consistent and never repeats... every video has new information and you are my favourite gardening channel! keep it up and thanks for all the tips and guides! 😁
Thanks for those kind comments - really pleased our videos are useful.
Great advice about popping in a plant pot to hold onto water to be directed to the roots rather than run off. Also, the organic matter around the plant to avoid a hard crust 😊
This is the first year that I've grown 95% of my garden from seed, it's been an interesting adventure. Like riding a roller coaster, lots of highs and lows.
That's a great way to describe it!
One of the best garden series on TH-cam. Always happy when I get the notification 🤘🏻🌱🤘🏻.
Yeah man he’s awesome!
Cheers for that - hugely appreciated!
I make Zucchini cake - essentially using a carrot cake recipe and substituting zucchini for carrots. Fabulous! Thanks for your fabulous videos.
I do the same! Only I add grated cheese for a more savory taste.
Love these videos. Also, putting the small glass jar over the seed is a great idea. Thanks!
I grow in Louisiana, have no problem with slugs/snails in my raised garden beds but use a method for controlling non-vine type plants. I once had a mildew problem, to solve this I began pinching off all stems leaving 3 to 6 inches away from the main plant of any leaves which touch the ground. I leave alone all leaves with upward pointing stems. Start this process when plants are mostly mature & flowering. Removing ground touching leaves slows down powdery mildew & allows bees better access to the plants plus allows increased airflow. Plants will actually have a longer life cycle & pinched off stems & leaves do well in the mulch pile.
Thanks to the posters who recommended dehydration chips & allowing a few end of season to "mature" into gourd type fruits which I can store for a few months. I will experiment doing both this year. I have 18 plants in my garden & am very popular with friends, relatives, neighbors.
Great tip there, thank you.
Thank you, I will try that!
I watched quite a few videos in the past few days about growing zucchini and this is the best by far.
Whete have you been all my youtube life!? At last a great presenter I can listen to & learn from!
i grow loads of zucchini; made relish, pickles, grated loads for zucchini bread and froze it for winter as well. Love it in soups, salads, fried and spaghetti sauce. Our all time favorite ! Also stuffed zucchini is my comfort food !
Love stuffed zucchini!
I have failed on my last couple of attempts so finding this video has given me more confidence this year. Thank you.
It never dawned on me to hand pollinate courgette I will defiantly try this year I normally grow three plants to give the bees a better chance, but I really only need two. Thanks for the top tip!
Great information! Thank you for sharing. I LOVED the trick of putting the plastic planter down in the soil so that the watering can go directly to the room system. Brilliant!
What great suggestions. I planted 6 plants and they are growing so well so far with lots of flowers. Your trip for pollination is much appreciated. Thanks
I am living in the city now. Growing in pots this year. I started two plants in doors. Set them out the beginning of May. So far so good.
I love them sliced and roasted with olive oil/ salt drizzled across the top. Delicious!
Donna Ohanian On the grill too! 😋
Mix the yellow and green with sliced/quartered onion, olive oil or butter, salt/pepper and a dash of oregano. Saute to desired doneness. Makes very pretty side dish and onion sweetens the squash even further. Optionally quarter tomatoes and add at end just to warm. Even more colorful. Very Italian vibe.
Note: This is actually best sauteed in margarine, but hydrogenated oils are another story.
One tip for using zucchinis is to slice them fairly thin and dry the slices. They taste lovely dried! You can add a bit of spice, but too much and they will get very intense as it concentrates as they dry. This works with oversized fruit, if its not too big!
Got some courgette seeds from a neighbour the other day and this video reminded me to sow them. Thanks!
Just discovered your channel and so glad I have, all my gardening questions are being answered!! I have grown yellow courgettes/zucchini for the first time ever in raised beds this year. They have been more than prolific and I am getting 1-2 fruits per day! Best cooking idea so far is to just thinly slice, drizzle with olive oil and sea salt, mix with hands and then scatter homegrown thyme (which I have) on them. Then in the oven on a high heat, turning/tossing occasionally - 10/15 mins later they are absolutely delicious! Thank you so much for all your fabulous tips, absolutely spot on!
That does sound delicious!
I feed my Zucchini with liquid seawed every week ,they love it
I second chocolate chip zucchini cake, one quart of shredded zucchini per recipe, same amount for zucchini bread and zucchini pizza crust. Shredded raw zucchini dries in 5 or 6 hours in a dehydrator and is great in homemade backpacking hot water only dinners, plus throw a couple handfuls in winter soups. We have squash bugs. The romanesco variety is less tasty to these destructive insects, and stays edible for people even when it gets large. Surrounding the vines with calendula also helps keep the hugs away. Just one plant per garden, one year we got 16 foot long vines. Watch out for zucchini surprise, we have found a few 24 pounders lurking that were not there the day before.
Mmmm... sounds tasty.
Thank you. Your video was helpful to a beginner gardener. ☺️
Planted out our first 3 plants 2 weeks ago and will cover them tomorrow to protect from the frost.
The next 2 plants are in post at the moment but will go in the ground after this cold snap.
We usually get one a tear that grows enormous, and by that I mean 15-18" long.
Doesn't affect the taste and keeps for ages in the fridge.
As well as cooking from fresh, we make cake and various chutneys as well as dicing and freezing them on a tray before bagging them. That way we have plenty to keep us going through the autumn.
Yellow ones are lovely raw - slice thinly and put them in a salad.
I love them raw in salads too - they have a lovely crunch to them.
I am a Garden Educator at a Early Childcare and Education facility in Alma, Arkansas. We are growing zucchini in our school garden!
Awesome! The kids will love it - and zucchini is so fast growing.
Zucchini's are so versatile We use them in bread, brownlies, guacamole, . salads, goulash casseroles, and more.
Mitchel Haas Also great grilled out.
I think i will plant my courgettes out this morning. I absolutley love your channel and consult it whenever I need to do something with my garden veg :)
I finely diced zucchini and replace half the ground meat in a recipe to increase vegetables. Also thin cooked slices in place of lasagna noodles. Saute with tomatoes garlic and topped with parmesan is one of my favorites!
Yum!
I grow them every year! I pick them small but I always leave a few to get large by the end of the season to use in my zucchini relish and salsa! The flesh simmers up perfectly and tastes delicious! Thanks for the awesome video! :)
You know Eric there's another name for oversized courgettes, it's vegetable marrow! and they are great stuffed with a savoury mince mixture.
These are great cut into chip style sizes, tossed in olive oil and the spice of your choice then air fried for about 10 to 12 minutes shaking halfway through. Yummy!
Nice!
A favorite zucchini recipe is from my Sicilian grandmother. Slice small zucchini in rounds, add to a pot with diced yellow onions, diced tomatoes and crushed garlic. The tomatoes usually provide plenty of liquid to start, and the zucchini provide the rest. Simmer for about an hour to blend all flavors, adding Italian herbs if you like. Makes a great side dish, or a Vegetarian meal with just crusty bread and salad.
I'm after ideas for lunch - and you've just sorted it. Grand stuff!
No olive oil?
@@sparklemotion8377Yes, you can start with olive oil, for the onions and garlic if you like. I just see how juicy the tomatoes are, before adding any other liquids. Most times, I do start with olive oil!
I've never grown anything before, and this video was really helpful! Thank you! I'm excited to give growing my own food a try.
Get growing - it's the best thing you'll ever do!
Can’t wait I just planted my courgettes today so happy I found this channel!
Go plant!
"Just a few plants ... small family ..."
Yup, I totally don't have 12 of the buggers and just 2 People to feed. This is gonna be fiiiiiine :D
Ae Norist We have four human bipeds in our immediate family PLUS 5 livestock guardian dogs, 4 mouser cats, 4 bunnies and 236 chickens’ mouths to feed! All except the cats LOVE all summer squash. We grow 40 plants and it’s never enough!!! 😁
Same haha
Ae Norist I have 24 thriving, healty tomatoe plants. Trying to persuade husband for a pollytunnel but he’s not giving in 😆
Oh wow - you must have a lot if space!
Remember to pick them very often and while they are still young. I often cut them when they are just four inches/10cm long. Just be sure to head out daily and pick the ones you see.
Thank you so much You answered all my questions
I’m new to growing vegetables so I need a lot of advice Thank You
So please this helped. 😀
Very Informative!Thank You&Happy Gardening To You!
In addition to zucchini muffins, cakes, and breads, I add shredded zucchini to spaghetti sauce, zucchini, soup, etc. They are also yummy grilled.
If you get some giant ones, scoop out the seeds and they still work fine for recipes calling for shredded zucchini, plus you can roast and eat the seeds like pumpkin seeds... Very nutty and delicious to add to your zucchini bread of you want.
I'm growing them for the first time. I'm in New Zealand and will plant inside ready to go in the garden in September.
Thank you SO MUCH for the tip about watering in a pot nearby. My zukes happen to be in a slanted spot and this will be very helpful. You made my day!
That's great to hear Paula.
Excellent video. I can’t recommend your channel enough! Thank you so much from the Missouri Ozarks!
This video was my first view of your channel. I loved your spirit. You made me smile and you made me happy for you being so good at doing the video. Subscribing. Thank you.
Thanks so much Martin - and a very warm welcome to the channel! :-)
Thanks! Very useful information. I especially liked the idea of placing an empty pot to water the plants.
What my mom and I usually do is direct sow them into the garden soil when it is warm enough and after the last frost. In our garden they grow like weeds! LOL We ALWAYS end up with the monster Zucchinis! IT NEVER Fails!! One day we will go out and check them and they will be too small to pick. Next day still too small. So we wait 2 days and suddenly they have grown to MONSTER Size!! LOL
As to what/how we use Zucchini: We usually shred up, measure out and then freeze some of the Zucchini in containers that are sized just right for most of the recipes that we use the Zucchini in. We use the Zucchini to make Zucchini bread or Zucchini cake.
Thanks for those ideas Matthew. You know the solution to your monster zucchini problem - check plants EVERY day!!
Matthew Groff We cook ours outside on the grill. They’re delicious in “goulash” with onions, peppers, tomatoes, okra, yellow squash. 😋
I started zukes from seed for the first time this year! they have sprouted vigorously and I am looking forward to planting them in the next few days. We are using a squash cage - like a tomato cage but the tines are in the wide end, so it looks like an upside down tomato cage. We are really excited about seeing how this works as it does free up a lot of 'real estate' within the garden itself. Thanks for the video, very helpful!!
Please let us know how you get on with this.
Loved the tip about using a pot to get water to the roots! Self pollinating will help us this year, too. We expect our last frost this week and are eager to get our seedlings outside. Thanks for your lovely videos!
Ben you are just so uplifting! 😊 You are a fantastic teacher/presenter/writer. 👏 👏 👏
Thanks so much, that's appreciated. :-)
Thanks for sharing these great videos! I have just got into growing veg since the lockdown started and courgettes were the first thing I wanted to try! My seedlings are coming along nicely! I have a tiny little greenhouse to start everything off in and so far I have yellow courgettes, gem squash, tomatoes, red pepper, radish, lettuce, beetroot, celery, spring onion, and strawberries as well as a few herbs. Hopefully it all goes well, it’s my first time and I am learning so much from your channel!
That's great to hear!
How did your veggies get on? Starting a new batch this year?
I am growing goldens in 3" netpots in a hydroponics set up this year. They look really good. I came onto your page to find when to start to harvest, so thanks for that, and am going to cut the largest now.
This is my first garden. I am so excited and found your video quite enlightening
I grow these beauties every year, and always successful ( shouldn’t speak too soon!) 🙈 thanks Ben, so glad I found your channel , you’re always a joy to listen to 👍
Thanks for watching Lynn!
Chocolate zucchini cake is fabulous. I also chop and freeze extra for throwing into soups, or baked goods later in the year.
We're having the longest zucchini season. Finally wrapped the stem with foil to foil the squash vine borer. It really worked. Next year will wrap higher as the plant grows. Favorite way to use them is cut them in half lengthwise and scoop out the flesh leaving a 1/4" border. Put cut side down on the grill for 10 minutes or so . Put in your favorite filling. We use mexican seasoned ground meat and top with cheese. Return to the grill filling side up until the cheese melts and the bottom is slightly browned. We're having this tonight as a matter of fact and we're adding some corn kernels cut off the cob. Yum.
That sounds completely delicious!
Awesome video! I live in Ontario, Canada. I've just planted some zucchini two weeks ago, the beginning of July. Let's see what happens until October.
Hope you get a good harvest!
One year we had TONS of zucchini. We gave a lot away & made as many zucchini recipes as we could. One recipe we found online that was our favorite was Zucchini Crisp. It was a FABULOUS dessert! We especially liked it topped with cream or ice cream! I tasted a lot like Apple Crisp, but not quite. We didn't tell our guests what it was...no one could guess that it was made from zucchini!
What an ingenious way of using them up!
This was so helpful, especially the watering tip. I'm going to go out and do that today. I got my hands a regular courgette plant but only had room to grow it in a pot. Here's hoping the pot won't be too small. Thanks for another great video!
I'm so going to use the pot in the soil watering!! Absolutely brilliant!
Thank you i learned a lot, I’m currently growing courgettes and your tips probably saved my crop, thanks again great video as usual, keep up the hard work
I'm growing mine in tubs this year. One plant per large tub.
Me too!
Me too after losing my first batch to the slugs 🙁
Harvested my first zuccini's today!! So proud of my garden
Nice one - hearty congratulations, that's a real result! :-)
If you do miss a zucchini until it is a little large for stove-top cooking, you can always clean out the seeds in the center ( dry and save the seeds for next year), then stuff the zucchini halves with a meatloaf mixture and bake in the oven in a water filled pan 350° for 35-45 minutes.
Yes i have 3 plants in my polly tunnel. Really looking forward to tasting the fresh fruit from these beauties.
I'm growing a cultivar called limelight, a light green skinned variety. Looking forward to it later this summer.
Thank you for your succinct and informative video! First time growing courgettes and this has made me more confident
So pleased to hear that. :-)
I will be growing Zucchini for the first time this season.
Thank you for your great video!
Best of luck!
Another fab video 👍👍👍 thank u 😊
Thanks so much. :-)
I really love your videos! Especially your enthusiasm about the simplest details.
I have a problem most years with squash bugs infesting my zucchini. One thing that I find helps with this, is to give the plants a good watering with the hose right directly onto the base of the plant...immediately all the squash bugs start running up the stalks to get away from the water and you can pick them off and feed them to the chickens or kill them. (The bugs live down around the base of the plant in the top of the soil.)
That's a really handy tip, thanks Laura.
If one escape and grows too big, my grandma in Italy used to slice them thinly, salt them and let them sweat a bit, pat dry them, flour and fry. Yum! Another yummy recipe for the flowers is to stuff them with mozzarella, breadcrumbs and chopped ham (or bacon), lay them in the baking tray, cover them with more breadcrumbs, olive oil,salt and pepper and bake till crispy. Can you tell they are one of my favourite veg?
They are fantastic aren't they - so versatile!
I’ve had limited success with courgettes in the past so this video is really helpful!
That’s so wonderful, I transplanted my zucchini and it didn’t fruit because of no pollinators and the hot weather was blistering it was 115F and since they are in pots they easily dried so I will put them in a tower pots or make my watering frequently. Thanks for the video 👩🌾👍🥰
Wow - that's very warm!
Just started one pot with a yellow variety plan to do one more pot with green. This is a great guide.
I am going to try grow gold rush F1 and cocozelle up a pole this year so that I can open the centre up for better pollination and air flow.
Great idea Neil. Mine are beginning to snake a bit so may try tying them up a pole too.
Thoroughly enjoy your tutorials, thank you from Australia
Cheers mate!
Thanks for this video,great advice, cheers from Vancouver Canada.
I deal with squash bugs, but got enough to eat and dehydrated my excess. I put the dehydrated slices in homemade soups over the winter.
Wow I didn't know you could dehydrate them; great tip!! thanks
@@lindatrabold2367 I put them in spaghetti sauce and didn't let them cook long enough and they were still crunchy, so make sure they rehydrate well before eating.
Never thought to dehydrate chips, will try this. Appreciate the tip
Great idea!
Ever tried BBQ courgettes /Zucchini? Split them lengthwise into two halves. BBQ lightly. Delicious.
They are indeed aren't they!
Growing both green and yellow squash. Love this channel. 🌱🌻💗
Thanks so much for the helpful way you teach garden, this is my first year ever growing anything.
I'm doing well I have managed to successfully grow courgette🥒,onion,leek,white marsh potatoes🥔,beetroot,purple sprouting broccoli🥦,brussel sprouts,cabbage, cauliflower,carrots🥕 2 types, cherry radishes, snowball turnips, basil,coriander,mix lead,mustard and rocket salad leafs🥬(I did try big lettuce but it didn't go well😑)
3 types of tomatoes (money makers, marmande and plum) that are doing great all 12 are flowering😊🍅,garlic and I made a fruit corner with 2 types of strawberries, raspberries and bramble canes all seem to been doing well and lastly my new house came with an apple🍏🍎🌳🌸 tree it didn't produce fruits last year but with watering it with plant food every wk it bloomed magnificent and is new growing apples soo happy with my self and it's all down to your help so thanks much 😊👌👍👩🌾with lock down its kept.the family entertained as well as learning.
Wow - you're really growing loads and are doing a great job - good on you!
Thank you, I am trying to grow some yellow ones as they are not easy to buy in the supermarkets, for ratatouille. These tips will help.
Using small pots for watering,
I’m definitely going to do it this season！
I really like your videos,fun to watch,motivating and
soooo many things to learn.
Thank you ！
Thanks for watching :-)
Yes!! I just planted 2 and looking forward to enjoying the harvest!! Great video!
Yes and yes I will be trimming the bottom leaves and will cook some flowers.
Will try your bury the compost trick also thanks you Sir
I am growing some golden zucchini for the first time. I plan on lacto fermenting some of them, as I know how delicious fermented zucchini are, having done so many times before.
Sounds like a superb way to turn gluts into something delicious Megan - yum!
@@GrowVeg certainly is. And, like all fermented vegetables, great for our gut bacteria!
Another inspiring video. Zucchini was my best crop last year and cannot wait for this year's. Yum, yum
Thanks for these videos! Love zucchini and started growing it this year. Looking forward to stuffed squash blossoms. Also, just created a vegan alternative to cheese enchiladas using zucchini as the filling. Very tasty!
Love the sound of vegan enchiladas. Great stuff!
Love the quick, to the point instruction! More like bullet points which works for me! Zucchini is very easy to grow where I live (California Central Valley) but I can always use a clever hint!
Thanks for the feedback :-)
Thank you! We need to grow some! We love making ‘zoodles’, sauté in olive oil with onions and garlic, salt and pepper and top with grated Parmesan. 💖💐 from Texas 🤠
That sounds yum!
Yes, I am also doing Zucchini, a yellow one, a green stripe one and a round one for the first time. I love using Zucchini to make Antipasti. Together with bellpepper, onion, garlic, olives, artichokes, mushroom, Peperoni or mild chilli and herbs, balsamico, Oliveoel, salt and pepper. But any veg that you like can go in. Great to eat with fresh bread or Pasta or for a Party. Its a make ahead food and keeps for days in the fridge. 🙂🙋🏼♀️
What a delicious mix of antipasti - yum!
Just got mine planted last week. They are showing good growth. Thanks for the great tips. Liked and subscribed.
Welcome to the family - so please you've subscribed!
Growing courgettes for the first time this year - wish me luck!
You'll ace it I'm sure!
I shred my extra zucchini and freeze in bags of 1 or two cups to use in bread and cake recipes during the winter. I also make a zucchini relish, sometimes with dill or jalapeno and can it.Great on sandwiches of all types.
i would love these recipes!