I once put mine out on the mail box with a sign that said “free” along with 6 egg plants….nobody took them. I ended up making pickles and relish. Then everyone got a jar for Christmas. Problem solved!
If only they froze well. I can make zucchini bread and I like to just fry it up in butter. It’s good in soups too. But I wouldn’t need so many. If they froze well I’d take a bunch more of them.
During the garbage worker’s strike in New York City – when streets were crowded – nearly unwalkable – with filled-to-bursting plastic garbage bags – Look, NYC apartments are tiny – you gotta get the garbage out) – one couple had an answer:
The wrapped their garbage in boxes with Christmas wrapping paper (it was December) and put them in their unlocked car – they were gone in the morning.
So I suggest you stuff the zucchinis in an Amazon box and leave it on your front porch . . .
The Veggie Boys have the right idea… all the vegetables that don’t make the cut are left right in the field and ploughed under to make the best nutrient base for the next crop. All the good vitamins and minerals that are good for you go into making even better crops for next year. No waste! Of course you would have to make sure you really got them incorporated into the soil or you would have a stinky recycle pile, (not to mention explosions when the heat built up too much’ as we learned in microbiology in college – you need to be turning it occasionally to keep it from building “hot spots”) Shout out to my Microbiology prof at uni who had us making beer to show how microbes work! We also made home made pickles (delicious) and learned how to identify mushrooms. (Although I’ve never been sure enough of the differences to actually hunt and eat my own!)
If you need to get rid of zucchinis, try giving them away as Halloween treats. Do that two or three years in a row, and trick-or-treaters will never bother you again.
I’ve never understood why people who grow zucchini and eggplants and other such vegetables plant so much to start with. They know they’ll have more than they and everyone they know can use, yet the next year they overplant again.
If it was in the area I live in, just toss them on people’s lawns. The landscapers with leaf blowers will just blow them into the street, while the passing traffic runs over them and they turn to mulch.
Leave the zucchini’s out on the front lawn. Since there’s so much thievery going on, maybe someone will steal them. That’s “maybe” because when you want things to be taken, they’re usually not.
When my kids were small we came out to our car after church and our car was filled with zucchini! The kids new I’d made a pact with God, if You supply it, we’ll eat it! I borrowed my sister’s “101 ways to fix zucchini” cookbook. Their favorite was still zucchini cake or bread. Wish I’d had my zucchini boats recipes then! It’s a huge hit.
Why raise things that will eventually be a burden to you….This thought would solve over population….Spaying should be mandatory after the first born and maybe even before the first. There should be a test, you fail then your sterilized. I say spay and neuter will be the future..especially if All Mexicans will be allowed in by 2028.. Think about it.
Nobody in this long discussion about zucchini mentioned that in the Pickles’ neighborhood people apparently leave their cars unlocked outside of zucchini season. What a strange habit!
Dear humanity, (1) Leave the produce that you’re not going to use in the garden (the critters will love it), (2) leave the leaves on the ground, (3) let the stupid lawn die and allow the natural vegetation to flourish. – Mother Nature.
We can’t grow zuchinni down here but my wife has a great recipe for a casserole that involves cheese and sausage and we actually buy them at the grocery store.
sirbadger 1 day ago
Buy an inflatable Frankenstein and stuff it full of Zucchinis.
Cat Next Door 1 day ago
I’ll take three. I like zucchini if it’s made right but it doesn’t keep very well.
Hello Everyone 1 day ago
Uh, Donate them to the food bank?
KA7DRE Premium Member 1 day ago
Make a batch of Zucchini relish in jars… It’s the greatest thing on a good hot dog !
red_tape 1 day ago
and for next year, just plant one.
GROG Premium Member 1 day ago
The food banks don’t want them either. Burn ’em!
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member 1 day ago
I once put mine out on the mail box with a sign that said “free” along with 6 egg plants….nobody took them. I ended up making pickles and relish. Then everyone got a jar for Christmas. Problem solved!
suv2000 1 day ago
Give them to the soup kitchen Zukini soup for everyone
charliefarmrhere 1 day ago
Give them back to Crankshaft.
Macushlalondra 1 day ago
If only they froze well. I can make zucchini bread and I like to just fry it up in butter. It’s good in soups too. But I wouldn’t need so many. If they froze well I’d take a bunch more of them.
Walter Kocker Premium Member 1 day ago
Wanna get rid of zucchinis? Try this.
During the garbage worker’s strike in New York City – when streets were crowded – nearly unwalkable – with filled-to-bursting plastic garbage bags – Look, NYC apartments are tiny – you gotta get the garbage out) – one couple had an answer:
The wrapped their garbage in boxes with Christmas wrapping paper (it was December) and put them in their unlocked car – they were gone in the morning.
So I suggest you stuff the zucchinis in an Amazon box and leave it on your front porch . . .
No charge.
bcgeurin about 24 hours ago
How about giving them to a food bank or a homeless shelter?!
iggyman about 23 hours ago
It’s a dilemma!
Caerin Premium Member about 23 hours ago
The Veggie Boys have the right idea… all the vegetables that don’t make the cut are left right in the field and ploughed under to make the best nutrient base for the next crop. All the good vitamins and minerals that are good for you go into making even better crops for next year. No waste! Of course you would have to make sure you really got them incorporated into the soil or you would have a stinky recycle pile, (not to mention explosions when the heat built up too much’ as we learned in microbiology in college – you need to be turning it occasionally to keep it from building “hot spots”) Shout out to my Microbiology prof at uni who had us making beer to show how microbes work! We also made home made pickles (delicious) and learned how to identify mushrooms. (Although I’ve never been sure enough of the differences to actually hunt and eat my own!)
Purple People Eater about 21 hours ago
If you need to get rid of zucchinis, try giving them away as Halloween treats. Do that two or three years in a row, and trick-or-treaters will never bother you again.
Acworthless about 20 hours ago
I’ve never understood why people who grow zucchini and eggplants and other such vegetables plant so much to start with. They know they’ll have more than they and everyone they know can use, yet the next year they overplant again.
bobwigg761 about 20 hours ago
If it was in the area I live in, just toss them on people’s lawns. The landscapers with leaf blowers will just blow them into the street, while the passing traffic runs over them and they turn to mulch.
jtrester Premium Member about 19 hours ago
Take them to a food pantry.
Fontessa about 19 hours ago
You can take them to a wildlife rescue and preservation compound. It’s quite likely that some of the animals there would love your excess vegetables
Barnabus Blackoak about 18 hours ago
why plant them to begin with? plant stuff people WANT to eat. Tomatoes, potatoes, lettuce,carrots…
JudithStocker Premium Member about 18 hours ago
Leave the zucchini’s out on the front lawn. Since there’s so much thievery going on, maybe someone will steal them. That’s “maybe” because when you want things to be taken, they’re usually not.
kaycstamper about 18 hours ago
When my kids were small we came out to our car after church and our car was filled with zucchini! The kids new I’d made a pact with God, if You supply it, we’ll eat it! I borrowed my sister’s “101 ways to fix zucchini” cookbook. Their favorite was still zucchini cake or bread. Wish I’d had my zucchini boats recipes then! It’s a huge hit.
sarahbowl1 Premium Member about 18 hours ago
I think remembering them going around and leaving zucchini on neighbors doorsteps last year!
mckeonfuneralhomebx about 18 hours ago
Why raise things that will eventually be a burden to you….This thought would solve over population….Spaying should be mandatory after the first born and maybe even before the first. There should be a test, you fail then your sterilized. I say spay and neuter will be the future..especially if All Mexicans will be allowed in by 2028.. Think about it.
DawnQuinn1 about 18 hours ago
If no one wants them .. why grow them?
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member about 17 hours ago
Nobody in this long discussion about zucchini mentioned that in the Pickles’ neighborhood people apparently leave their cars unlocked outside of zucchini season. What a strange habit!
ANIMAL about 17 hours ago
For God’s sake…….. GROW SOMETHING ELSE
Snuffles [Previously Helikitty] about 17 hours ago
Sell them!
garysmigs about 17 hours ago
there is no need for world hunger when 10, maybe 12, acres of zucchini could feed the planet!
sousamannd about 16 hours ago
Where’s mine?
GojusJoe about 16 hours ago
Dear humanity, (1) Leave the produce that you’re not going to use in the garden (the critters will love it), (2) leave the leaves on the ground, (3) let the stupid lawn die and allow the natural vegetation to flourish. – Mother Nature.
YoTeach about 16 hours ago
I believe there should be a law that prohibits growing more than one zucchini plant by any individual or family!
Sir Isaac about 15 hours ago
We can’t grow zuchinni down here but my wife has a great recipe for a casserole that involves cheese and sausage and we actually buy them at the grocery store.
mousefumanchu Premium Member about 15 hours ago
Pick them when they’re small & tender. Don’t let them grow into clubs.
zeexenon about 15 hours ago
Freak them out … put them in their gardens.
Robert Nowall Premium Member about 15 hours ago
They look an awful like “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” pods. Maybe people think their replacements will hatch out of them
ꜝ about 14 hours ago
put them in paper bags⠄⠄⠄
set them on neighbors’ porch⠄⠄⠄
light them on fire⠄⠄⠄
ring the bell and run
Quentin1992 about 14 hours ago
Don’t plant so much.
Stargazer1950 about 14 hours ago
Didn’t we just have “Sneak Zucchini on Your Neighbor’s Porch Day”?
billdaviswords about 13 hours ago
They don’t lock them at other times? Different sort of town, I guess…
lawguy05 about 13 hours ago
Donate them to the food bank.
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatEvenWithFlaws about 12 hours ago
Put up a sign saying
$1 a pieceWith any luck, someone will steal the entire crop.
rokkinrobin531 about 12 hours ago
Avocados are my issue, there are many after Milton!
christelisbetty about 12 hours ago
I think I first read this joke in Read Digest several decades ago.
morgankhat about 11 hours ago
Let them dry out then burn them in the fireplace.
wildlandwaters about 8 hours ago
save ‘em up an’ hand ’em out on halloween!
suelou about 4 hours ago
Hey!!! Anyone with too many zucchinis… my car doors will be left open!!
momofalex7 about 2 hours ago
This is similar to the problem we have with apples. We give most of the to the local food share.