We have also started picking zucchini.  

 

This year we are growing two different kinds of zucchini, both heirloom varieties.  Heirloom means that the seeds have been passed down through many generations of gardeners.  As opposed to hybrids, they are genetically stable, meaning that you can save seeds from the plants, replant them the next year, and get the same variety.  

 

The dark green ones are called Black Beauty, an heirloom from the 1920’s.  And the light green ones are called Gray Zucchini, also an heirloom.  The gray ones even have gray specks in the leaves.  The skin is super tender, which means that they bruise and scratch easily.  That’s why you don’t see these in the produce department of your local grocery store.  They are too easily damaged in transport.  

 

So if you want gray zucchini, you have to grow them yourself, or just happen to be at our house when we harvest, which is almost every day.   

 

I love trying new things in the garden.  Who knows what we’ll grow next year.

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!