Squash - Summer - Early Crookneck
The Squash Summer Early Yellow Crookneck, 'Cucurbita pepo', has a taste that has been described as creamy, mild, sweet, and buttery . The Early Yellow Crookneck is a versatile vegetable. It can be steamed, grilled on the barbecue, sauteed, added to salads, stuffed with lots of tasty delights, and made into bread. This compact plant produces lots of squash. This summer squash has a smooth light yellow skin with white flesh. 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 length and up to 4 to 7 inches in length. Squash are most tender and flavorful when young. ... more information
Pea - Shelling - Green Arrow Remember when you were a kid how fun it was to pop open a pod and eat the Peas? As an adult, you will enjoy the wonderful taste of Green Arrow peas and appreciate the dwarf, 2 foot vines for ease of growing. Green Arrow is very disease resistant. The pods are set in pairs atop the plant for easy harvest. In mild climates, plant in the fall for winter harvest. Peas prefer well drained soil. Keep the plants moist but do not get them over watered and soggy. Shelling peas should be harvested when the pods are plump which is about 3 weeks after flowering.
