Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🌃 Sunday, November 10, 2024
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month agoAh ok good call! I am growing it to give to someone with a family and can probably anonymously gift excess to a dumping/exchange area…
I’ve just planted many seeds and potted out 4 of the largest in case I failed at gardening
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Zucchs are monsters. The problem with gifting extras is that when ones own zucchs come up ripe, so are everyone else’s. Illegal alcohol is your friend here. Still, having an extra or two on the go in case of snail/slug invasion is a good idea.
stib@aus.social 1 month ago
@TheWitchofThornbury @melbaboutown whassisname who did the Prairie Home Companion radio show did a bit about late summer being the only time in Lake Wobegon when you had to lock your car, because if you didn't, you would come back and find a box of zucchinis on the back seat.
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Yup. Fully agree. About 15 years ago I kept my horse over summer in a small paddock in EBrunswick down by the creek. The council made me keep a covered skip for the horse manure, which was fair enough I reckon. I loaded it up every day as per council regulations, but NEVER had to empty it, as the contents would mysteriously vanish overnight and boxes of tomatoes and other garden vegetables would miraculously appear in my horse’s shelter shed. A sort of black economy of horse manure/vegies, all without one word being said. I kinda miss that.
stib@aus.social 1 month ago
@TheWitchofThornbury there's always one zucchini that you don't see until it's the size of a small nuclear submarine.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Oh no… I don’t even drink alcohol.
I’ll leave it at the 4 I already planted out and ‘donate’ the other plants. I just wanted to do something constructive and help feed people 😭
I wanted to plant mini pumpkins too but will likely have my hands full as is.
Small/mixed seed bundles should be a thing
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Alcohol is trade goods.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Knowing my luck the still would blow up or I’d get jailed. Pappy didn’t teach me how to do that proper…
Also… do you really want me giving the people in my area more alcohol 😬