Super Abundant in 2020

[@AnnieThyme]

Wow! That's a heck of a lot of zucchini! And to think you've harvested well over 200 pounds of it so far- this batch alone was like the weight of a 3 year old... you guys must be sleeping well at nights! Hope y'all are keeping well and doing ok -as always was glad to see you pop up in my feed. Take care :)

[@Realunitedstates]

Wow! Just yesterday (I swear to God that is true) Bev and I were talking about you, and that I had not written back yet, for which I am sorry, but life has been, well, busy to say the least. Incidentally I keep a detailed spreadsheet on the garden and we are rapidly approaching the 1/4 ton mark on harvested produce. I am not even certain where it is all going! But between the vegetable heavy diet and the seven day a week exercise routine I have lost 15 pounds since mid March. Anyway, yes we are well and doing okay for now. On top of everything else we have canned 139 cans of various sizes so far this canning season.

[@AnnieThyme]

@@Realunitedstates it's impressive! (The amount and the weight loss). Everything you were showing looked so good! I saw a video earlier today about making 'pineapple candy' out of zucchini kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6ivp5WLgtmBeJY and fell down a hole of zucchini as other things the best of which was canned pineapple zucchini- if you're looking for any experimental recipes or uses for that zucchini ther are a lot more of them out there than you might think! Haha Glad you guys are well, it made me happy to see you and your giant zucchinis! :)

[@bevcampbell4301]

The yellow squash and zucchini have been delicious!

[@Realunitedstates]

Which is incredibly fortunate, given the amount that the garden is producing. I have been so enjoying the garden this year! Thanks for taking the adventure with me.

[@bossyboo29]

Beautiful garden path

[@Realunitedstates]

Thank you. We've worked hard on it.

[@kingenglishshow7853]

Its nice to see u in green place hope u OK and happy best of luck to u and sister Bav very cool video thanks

[@Realunitedstates]

Hey Zia! Good to hear from you. Yes, we are safe and doing well. We devote a lot of time and effort to our garden because we enjoy it so much. Do to the current state of the world, the garden is one of the few things a person can do with no terrible concern, and in addition to the wonderful food it produces there has been the exercise that has been very beneficial.

[@kingenglishshow7853]

@@Realunitedstates Gardening is a lot of hard work good luck brother do u sale your produce in farmer market ? It very nice to see you both happy wish you always be happy and successful thanks for reply greeting to madam

[@вселенский]

Very nice !

[@Realunitedstates]

Thanks so much! We are getting an exceptional harvest this year. There is just something very fun, and satisfying, about growing things, and especially things you can eat. And the physical activity is paying double dividends!

[@terryboyer1342]

Just saying hi and thanks for the update! Just got a shipment of pasties and Trenary toast for my taste of Michigan. Been HOT and HUMID every day here in Georgia.

[@Realunitedstates]

Hey Terry, great to hear from you! We've been staying out of trouble and working hard on the garden, canning and various stuff around the house. I suspect it has been terribly hot and humid there! I am told that even in Maryland it has been really hot as well. Here, the days are hot, too hot, but the nights are cool and occasionally downright cold. Thanks and take care!

[@terryboyer1342]

@@Realunitedstates I really miss the cool evenings where you can open the windows for some fresh air and maybe a breeze. It doesn't get below 72 with a dew point of 74 so it's just too sticky to do that. On the flip side I've eaten Christmas dinner here outside in shorts & t shirt so...

[@Superman20000]

Hello Pau and Beverly. It is a long time since I came to visit, I'm very glad to see you so well so is your speech. How are you in general?. Hey those look great.

[@Realunitedstates]

It's great to hear from you! It has been a long time, and I have wondered how you were. We are both well, and as I mentioned we are in fact both losing weight from all the exercise of gardening. LOL! Back in Michigan now, so, things are different. Hope your safe and well.

[@Eusepio1957]

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[@Realunitedstates]

Thank you Ettore! Great to hear from you. We are doing well, and remain busy most all of the time. As harvest season comes into full force it is an even busier time of year than before! Stay safe my friend!!

[@smitbar11]

Some champion sized zucchini there! We called them Marrows when they are that size and Courgette's when small over here. Have you tried 'stuffed Marrow'? Stuffed with other chopped vegetables and sometimes minced meat and baked in an oven. You can't beat growing your own, you know exactly what they have been fed and / or sprayed with! Butternut Squash too. www.bbcgoodfood.com/glossary/marrow

[@Realunitedstates]

In general we let most of ours get big before picking. Bev has prepared them in the oven, but we haven't done any stuffed. Often we chunk them up and steam them, or occasionally pan fry, or even deep fry them. Occasionally I fine dice them and serve them raw in pasta salad or other cold dishes.

[@masterjee2021]

Plz come back on yt screen we miss u both very much

[@Realunitedstates]

That it so very sweet. I don't know if we wil return to YT; perhaps. Life has taken us in a different direction for now, and time constraints being what they are, there is no time or opportunity to make new video at the moment. But who knows what the future holds. Thanks. Paul

[@Ahuntsicspotter]

You don't upload a video verry often but its a harvest time and this sunday no float in in Michigan because of the coronavirus.

[@Realunitedstates]

True we don't upload as often as we once did. Many things are different than they once were, for a variety of reasons, so we do what we can, when we can. Harvest time and canning season keep us pretty busy.

[@evancortez2]

Guess you guys won't be buying any zucchini any time soon :)

[@Realunitedstates]

Hey Evan! Good to hear from you! Well, no we probably won't be buying any zucchini any time soon. At least not until the dead of winter perhaps when we get the hankering for some fresh. Thus far this year we have harvested over 250 pounds of zucchini alone! It what we do in quarantine. :-)

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

I thought "Market Gardening" was an operation where you air dropped your veggies on cities in the Netherlands only to have them picked up by German tourists instead. On a serious note I find the flavor of large zuch and squash like that to be less than the flavor of veggies that are picked earlier. I would assume that by the time they reach the giant stage they would be very bland. Is that not the case?

[@Realunitedstates]

That in fact is not the case. There is comparatively little, if any, difference in taste. We prefer to have them large for variety of reasons. The small diameter ones are really only good for ratatouille confit byaldi.

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

@@Realunitedstates Now that's an interesting insight. Why do the store purchased large zuch lack so much flavor in your opinion? I guess I'll have to grow some try them out.

[@Realunitedstates]

Honestly I have never found large ones in the grocery store, only at farm markets or farmers markets. If you're getting one at a store that lacks flavor there are a few possible reasons, but most likely it is the conditions they were grown under. Same is true for tomatoes. Large doesn't necessarily mean no flavor, but forced growth can sometimes cause that.

[@TheMadYetti]

Nothing like harvesting crops from your own garden! If you want to make something really good with zuchinnis I recommend cookinpolish.com/polish-leczo/ - its also really good thing to can it for winter.

[@Realunitedstates]

Thanks so much. We have canned quite a lot of both the zucchini and the yellow squash. We love canning and enjoy our canned goods all year long, so this works out pretty good.

[@bossyboo29]

Paul, are you on Instagram? If not, someone is impersonating you on Instagram.

[@Realunitedstates]

Well, yes, but I haven't posted to it in a very long time.

[@bossyboo29]

RealUnitedStatesVlog I didn’t think it was you. You use perfect English and this person was texting in broken English. They are using your image (picture) and calling themselves Real United States.. they told me about how they got a lot of money through a government program. Then they explained that I could do it too and it would only cost me $1500 to start the paperwork.. That’s when I realized it was a Scamstir on Instagram.

[@Realunitedstates]

Well, that is pretty disconcerting, but certainly NOT me! There's always a hacker somewhere trying to screw you.

[@bossyboo29]

RealUnitedStatesVlog Yeah, after I realized it wasn’t you I blocked him. Thank you for verifying what I assumed was the case. By the way you and your wife must be having some amazing salads from the beautiful garden. Keep up the good work!