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26th Annual Newsletter Message from the Chairman Bobbi Walton Thank your for all your hard work to make the 25th festival one of the most successful! Let’s start getting excited about our 26th Annual Windsor Zucchini Festival and plan for next year. We will need people to chair some of the activity committees so please help us make this as successful as years past. We really do appreciate all of your support with festivals past and for sending in your dues and extra money for our truck. Maybe we will be able to get a grant to make it possible for us to have our truck soon. Stop by the fire house and see the new “Plum Creek Room” . We received a $5000.00 grant from Plum Creek Foundation and a $500.00 grant from Walmart to assist us with the financial part of this building program, the rest of the money came from Zucchini earnings. We have received another $5000.00 to assist us in the building of a pavilion which has been completed in time for the 2009 festival. We are so thankful for the support from Plum Creek and hope they will continue to support us. We thank all of you who donated to last years festival and hope you will be able to continue to support our WINDSOR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. Please call
Bobbi Walton at 372-7814 and volunteer for one of the committees, all
of them could use the help. We
especially need someone to head up the
BEAUTY PAGEANT and we need them soon, very soon. We could use donations of prizes to be used for
games and contest. Baskets of things
for the kitchen, restaurant or grocery gift certificates or flowers for the
COOK-A-ZUKE contest We have also used
theme park passes and would appreciate anything you are willing to donate
that we can use as a game , contest or
door prize on zuke day. INSTRUCTION FOR PLANTING ZUCCHINI IN TIME FOR THE
FESTIVAL: SEEDS OR PLANTS? Seeds are
the way to go. Plan for one plant per person in your family, tops. Any more
and you'll be up to your elbows in squash come midsummer! Direct sowing is
preferred to transplanting seedlings. Like most cucurbits, squash plants
can't tolerate having their roots disturbed. Most summer squash varieties are
ready to harvest in 50 days, give or take a few days. Because
they mature quickly and require warm weather, you can plant them following
early spring crops like peas, lettuce, or spinach. Direct sowings any time
from spring (after all danger of frost is past) to midsummer works well with
most summer squash varieties. In fact, waiting to plant a few seeds in
midsummer will help avoid problems from vine borers and other pests and
diseases common earlier in the season. Sow the
seeds one-inch deep, spacing the plantings about 18 to 30 inches apart in the
bed, depending on the variety. Follow seed packet instructions. Allow plenty
of growing space for vining types. Where space is limited, grow only the bush
varieties. If you have a short season or want the earliest possible crop, start a few seedlings indoors, preferably in Jiffy peat pots, two weeks before the last frost in your area. When setting out the plants, be extra cautious not to disturb the roots when transplanting them. These instructions for planting were taken from the Burpee Seed internet
vegetable page. For more festival
information call 352-378-8671 or 352-372-7814 or any of the #’s listed
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