Lavandula girl's musquée de Provence

[bluelacedredhead]

Michel,

Thelma Sanders turning orange??

Mine were always off white with a more pronounced freckling as they matured. I still had some stored in the basement about July I believe, and they too were still ivory. Just like the pics on the Seed Savers exchange catalogue, which is where I purchased seed.

Even the ones that grew this year in the turkey pasture this summer, from rotting fruit thrown out there last summer have retained their offwhite colour.

[canadamike]

Orangish would be more precise, but yes, they really change color.

[bluelacedredhead]

Well speaking of variations in colour of squash, I saw some Squash in the IGA today, labelled as Ontario Grown Spaghetti Squash. They had stripes, remarkably like a Delicata?? I was thinking of buying one just to see if they really were Spag-hetti, but I was distracted by something on sale and forgot to go back to the squash.

Anyone have Spaghetti Squash with Racing Stripes ??

[canadamike]

Me, actually, bought at the Independant store. But it was kind of plain color when I got it. Now it changes. And there is a different color tone in the last inches.

[pugs]

Michel or Lavandula,

Would either one of you have some seeds to spare/trade? I really like the cream color of this one. I've order Musquée de Provence seeds, but I don't think the skin is the color of this one.

Thanks,

Pugs

[canadamike]

Jan 30, 2009 11:58:14 GMT -5 pugs said:

Michel or Lavandula,

Would either one of you have some seeds to spare/trade? I really like the cream color of this one. I've order Musquée de Provence seeds, but I don't think the skin is the color of this one.

Thanks,

Pugs

I am making some seeds now, did you send me your addy for the melons???
squash seeds will leave the ''marinating'' smelly jar tomorrow, should be ready to send in a couple of weeks fully dried.

[pugs]

Michel,

I'll PM you my address.

And thanks!

Pugs

P.S. Was Lavandula caught up in the ice storm which hit so many members? I can't remember her posting these last few days.

[canadamike]

She is house hunting again I am afraid we won't see much of her for a while.

[lavandulagirl]

Here I am! Sorry I didn't see the request earlier Pugs, but it looks like Michel has you covered. I'll be growing these again this year, finally, and we can all compare at the end of the season.

Yeah - the house hunt seems to be never ending... we have a couple good prospects though, so it should be soon that we'll be completely settled.

[pugs]

Good luck with the house hunting Lavandula. Are you looking in Northern Cal?

Pugs

[lavandulagirl]

Jan 31, 2009 22:54:17 GMT -5 pugs said:

Good luck with the house hunting Lavandula. Are you looking in Northern Cal?

Pugs

El Dorado County, Pugs. East of Sacramento, West of Tahoe. Beautiful country, but about 80% of the real estate right now is either short sale or foreclosure. On the one hand, that's making it a real buyers' market. On the other hand, that makes a traditional off/counteroffer/30 day closing deal really unlikely. We looked at one short sale that had 3 seperate liens on it. In order for that deal to work, you have to get all three banks to agree to the deal, and the percentage they would get of the discounted price. It isn't unusual for it to take 3 months to close. Crazy!

[pugs]

Lavandula,

You may as well come up to Oregon now, rather than wait a few years then move up here, like so many Californians are doing. They move up here because they don't like California, then try to turn Oregon into the things they hated when in Cal.

Land is cheaper up here too.

Just don't move into Klamath County.

Pugs

[albertagardener1]

MICHEL

That is some kind of SQUASH. Makes for a great center piece and conversation piece too! What kind of a SQUASH is it and what does it weight and how do you prepare it for eating. Or is only an ornament? (ha ha)

Your room pictures are very nice given the background you have described. Vivianne has her talents and you've got yours. Good combo as long as no one crosses their territory.

I met with a friend whom I hadn't seen for several years and as we were doing our catch up of time and when he learned of my developing a GARDENGATE MARKET for produce he said that he brought some SQUASH seeds back with him from SOUTH AFRICA. He said many people grow them in their gardens and the flavor is really enjoyable. He will be getting some to me and I will grow them and add the seeds to my SEED BANK for future trades. I asked him to give me the name and background to this type of SQUASH and he said that would be able to do that.

Talk with you all later.

MILO / albertagardener

[canadamike]

Thanks for the compliment, but don't worry, there is no crossing of competences

I am as much a decorator as she is a gardener

These days, I have crates of Budweiser full of seeds by the bed so I do mailings at night. The lady can't put her head around how georgous I think these are....

Look up the net for squash recipes, they can be roasted, boiled, mashed, made into soup or pumpkin pies, and also grated and eaten raw in a salad or julienned into a veggies and dip ''crudité'' mix etc...quite versatile.

And squash and apple soup is WOW! These squashes are cucurbita MOSCHATA Musquée de Provence. I prefer the moschatas, they are also good keepers and give a lot of bang for the buck. I'll see later if I have seeds left, I might. Unfortunately, the corner of my cold storage where they are stored froze when we hit minus 44 celsius ( minus 50 farenheight or so) and then they started to rot without me seeing it...lots of good meat and seeds lost...