Growing Great Veggies

1. Growing Great Veggies Green Beans, Winter Squash, Summer Squash

2. Where Any good soil Well drained Should not crust easily – or keep watered Warm season!

3. What Type? • Bush Beans • Blue Lake 247 • Stringless • Golden Wax • Harvest all at once • Low Maintenance • Low Harvest… • Pole Beans • Kentucky Blue • White Half Runner • Spread Out Harvest • High Maintenance • Comfort Level Height

5. Growing & Care Close rows for pollination Insect – Mexican Bean Beetle Control – Sevin Can space planting out over several weeks for a longer season!

6. Harvest • Should snap right off • DO NOT let them get puffy! • Bring some stem with you! • For showing – UNIFORM! • Length • No curl! • Tip & Butt them • Blanch, Freeze • Pressure Canning

7. Winter vs. Summer Squash • Hardy plants • Winter tend to VINE • Summer tend to BUSH • Winter produces what can flower (once) • Summer flowers SO MANY TIMES!

8. Winter Squash

9. Winter Squash • Plant in hills • Space them 2x3 or 3x4 feet apart • Plant in a 3x3 patch on the hill (9 seeds) • Thin out to about 4 or 5 plants • Responds well to fertilizer!

10. Squash Bugs

11. Uses • Cooked – butter and brown sugar! • Soups • Gourds for Decorations • Painted Birdhouses • Stored at cool 50 degree temps – can last through a Nebraska winter (in our ‘heated’ garage’)

12. Summer Squash

13. Summer Squash • Plant same as winter squash • Also responds well to fertilizers

14. Uses • Cooked – in casseroles • Deep-Fried • Grilled with olive oil & parmesan cheese

15. Cucumbers

16. Cucumbers • Plant the same as squash • Plant earlier, prefers warm weather but not super hot! • Recommended to fertilize!

17. Uses • Plant pickling type for cucumbers! • Slice straights for pickling • Harvest smalls for dills • Salads • Soaps?