Zukes & Cukes

 

 

Are you up to your eyes in it?  Yep, thought so.  And there’s never a dull moment over here at the USG-Plot. 

 

Getting a bit of sensory overload from the courgettes. 

 

First there’s these

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I KNOW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then there’s these stunning flowers
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I KNOW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then this
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I KNOW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then you get these guys
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Zukes & Cuke

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the lifecycle is short so all this activity takes place in only a few weeks. 

 

I feel like I’ve been over-stimulated - by a courgette – but in a good way.

 

 

Have you got one of these yet? 

 

A spiralizer; manufactured for the sole purpose of keeping you hip and happening and on-trend with the making of courgette pasta. 

 

If not, don’t bother as so far as I am aware these implements succeed in only one of two criteria. 

Firstly: of unceremoniously mashing your veg into a slimy mess at the head of the cone, and secondly, of efficiently slicing the top off your finger.  The ruthless blade is positioned at a high angle, such as to conveniently transform you effortlessly into a instant amputee. 

 

 

Alternatively, if you have the requisite expertise and ingenuity to operate this tricky and dangerous equipment and I am merely deficient in the apposite skill set then do get in touch and update us on your technique and achievements.

 

In the meantime - Don’t allow these unscrupulous spiralizer peddling merchants to trouser your £3.75 – stamp it out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can always chop them, or to save messing about, process them to produce your courgette pasta. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The lemon cucumbers are doing well and fruits are starting to develop, though the season is getting on now so looks like these are going to be a long time coming and then produce a glut at the end. 

We'll keep you posted on that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cucamelons, which have also taken a while to get up a head of steam - in fact we had to re-start these - have also put on some impressive growth. 

They produce a vine-like structure and scramble over everything. 

We're new to these and cannot wait until they start fruiting.

 

 

Here they are scrambling through the micro lettuces.