I learned a new Italian word “rampicante” which means climbing. When we bought the plants I bought 4 zucchini plants and didn’t read the label any further, I understood zucchini and that was good enough for me and I ignored the “Trombetta d’Albenga” part of the description. After they started growing they looked more like pumpkins than zucchini and then I looked it up and it is a climbing variety and that you can eat them fresh but if you leave them on to dry its like a butternut squash, pretty cool. Overall the garden is growing like crazy, I sowed radishes that are now ready to harvest, after barely 4 weeks. Some of the lettuce is ready, so is the Swiss chard and I am starting to get a few tomatoes. It is so different from Colorado and I am LOVING it. Gardening is sooo easy here, now that I installed the drip irrigation all I do is cut back some unwanted growth and pull out some weeds. I have big plans for next year. I am planning a small garden shed right in the middle of the vegetable garden, with a trellis for grapes and kiwis. I also need some arbors and sturdy support for those climbing zucchinis and other climbers, it’s going to be so much fun.
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