Thursday, September 2, 2010

Dad's Garden: Part 2

A few days ago, we went to visit mom and dad to help them clean their gutters and to have a barbeque. My dad is 67, and the hubs and I don't like the fact that he wants to climb a 22 foot ladder to clean his gutters. So we do it for him. Dad was at work when we were working on the gutters. When he came home, he ushered us into the garden to show us the Mao Qwa squash or hairy gourd. We saw them beginning to grow in July. Look at it now! I put a hand trowel next to it for comparison. This is one big squash!! So big that he had a bucket underneath it supporting it's weight. Dad gave me one to take home and told me how to make soup out of it. I just smiled because soup is the last thing I want to make in this heat. It was 97F yesterday! LOL.

11 comments:

  1. Yowzers! That's a gigantic squash! LOL!

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  2. Glad you didn't let Dad climb that ladder.

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  3. Wow, that is a good sized squash. Will it keep for a while until you can make soup?

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  4. This weather is so crazy, it's been in the upper 80's this week down here. Hopefully you'll get a rainy day soon, I love soup on rainy days.

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  5. ha ha! Sometimes I like to turn up the AC, go to the basement and enjoy a steaming bowl of soup for dinner.

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  6. OMG that squash is huge! Maybe you can grill it (better than soup in this heat!)

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  7. Wow I can't believe how hot it still is there. It's pretty much fall here already.
    How nice that you help your Dad out that way!

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  8. Nice looking gourd. People never want to stop doing what they've always done. My father has to take it easy because of some impending surgery. It's just killing him that he can't lug 50lb bags of whatever up hills for a little while. He's well into his 60s. I get it. I know I'll be the same way given the opportunity (to be in my 60s).

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