You don't necessarily have to do anything to the plants, but the flowers come in
male and female varieties so if there aren't bees to help out, one can take a
brush, poke it in each of the flowers in turn and thereby spread the goodies
around.

The other thing one might do to these plants is take precautions against the
dreaded squash vine borer. For two years, it killed my plants. This year I'm
checking daily for eggs,


What to do with lots of zucchini:
Zucchini bread.
Ratatouille.
My favorite: Zucchini fritters. (Recipe from Victory Garden Cookbook.)
Crude sex jokes.


Not at all crude zucchini joke: Two women were chatting while waiting for their
flight in an airport. One tells the other that the New England town she comes
from is so small that no one ever locks their car doors-- except in summer.
"Crime must increase with the summer visitors," the other says and nods
sympathetically. "Oh no!" corrects the first. "It's just that if you leave
your car unlocked, someone will come and fill it with zucchini!"

--Lia

P.S. It figures!




Suja wrote:
Didn't think you had to do a darn thing to these plants. My neighbor
had 3 vines growing, and dozens of zucchini, which he was nice enough to
offer to all and sundry. Unfortunately, I have a hard enough time
figuring out what to do with one, much less a dozen.

Suja
P.S. Fancy running into you here!