We are going to plant some yellow squash and pickling cukes just as soon as I get the area finished. Peppers too, I hope, they have not sprouted yet.
My kids love fried squash. They ask for it. My oldest saw one of my seed packsts of scallop squash and wanted to know if that was for supper. It’s cheap and filling too. And not completely devoid of nutrition. Summer lunch at our house is usually a couple of chicken tenderloins, oven baked okra and fried squash. For snacks there’s cherry tomatoes, sweet peppers, fresh mini cucumbers and melons of various kinds. Lemon cucumbers are favorites. I found those at a farmers market for 0.50 each. My oldest will eat 3 in a sitting and then a bowl of cherry tomatoes followed by a couple bell peppers. That ‘snack’ I’ve calculated would be about $5 if bought. Fortunately we can just carry a picking bucket to the backyard.
I’m anxious to get all that ‘free’ produce in our budget again. And this is the year I plan to perfect seed saving. We’ll see how that goes LOL.