Planting Zucchini Seeds

First of all I have to confess that I hate zucchini. I don’t care which way you cook it, disguise it, spice it up, dress it down, I still hate zucchini, so zucchini seeds are something that I wont be touching when it’s time for planting seeds in the spring!

My in-laws on the other hand love zucchini. They have the seeds planted already, waiting for the little seedlings to appear in their little pots sitting down in the warm basement. Each morning, if the sun comes out, they carry the trays of future zucchini plants up from the cellar and place the seed pots lovingly in front of the window which will give them the most sunlight and warmth, and when the sun goes down, the zucchini plants are carefully taken down to the their shelf in the basement once more.

Does it Matter How Many Zucchini Plants?

I don’t get it. What’s the fuss about zucchini? Ma-in-law thinks zucchini is so versatile and you can do so many things with it and doesn’t understand how anyone can’t like zucchini. Well, I don’t care how many things zucchini can make, or how versatile these vegetables are, or how easy the plants are to grow, or how many plants you get from one seed – I still hate it!

Each summer I’m escorted around the in-laws garden where I dutifully admire their crop of plants. I really appreciate all that comes out of the garden – with the exception of the zucchini. However, I find it difficult to say very much about these oversized cucumbers! Commenting one what a bumper crop of zucchini they’re going to have fills me with dread! When they go on holiday it’s very tempting to ignore watering the zucchini plants, but my conscience won’t let me do that. Unfortunately!

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