I say: what a squash!

This year I ordered the seeds for the garden.  I ordered things we actually like to eat.  I was clear that ordering novelties was not the most practical approach to feeding ourselves.  I wanted to avoid a bumper crop of something we disliked that we would have to lob at passing cars because absolutely no one would eat them.  

I ordered lemon cucumbers.  We like cucumbers.  They are good in salads.  Tzatziki is good. 

The seeds germinated, plants appeared.  Plants started to take over the whole bed.  I would tell Dagwood how well the squash were doing.  His reply, "You mean the cucumbers?"  Yes, I mean the squash plants. Back and forth....cucumber, squash, etc.  He was adamant that his was the correct way of refering to the plants in question.  I didn't agree.  Cucumbers are squash. Cucumber and sqaush are cucurbits, whatever.

If you must know, Cucurbitaceae is a plant family commonly know as melons, gourds, or cucurbits and includes cucumbers, squashes, luffas, melons and watermelons. 

No matter what you call the dang things, they are growing like crazy!