Tada!!!!  How beautiful:  pink and blue!!!  Tuesday was day 100 since we planted the seeds for our North Georgia Candy Roasters.

 

So we cut them.  I learned a few years ago that a good practice before storing squash is to wipe the stem ends with Isopropyl Alcohol.  This prevents bacteria from moving in and destroying the squash while they are in storage.  How awful to spend 100 days growing them, then to lose them before you can eat them.  Our plan is to store them until winter, then make soup, pies, and other sweet squash stuff.  

 

I put my phone in the picture for reference, but here are the stats:  the biggest one, number 5 from the left weighs 6 pounds, 14 ounces!!!  The smallest ones are numbers 1 and 2, and weigh 2 pounds, 5 ounces each.  Total:  30 pounds, 4 ounces of delicious squash.

 

Thought you'd like to share in our thrill of having grown such beautiful squashes.  

 

HAPPY GARDENERS!!!