PHOTOS: Summer gardening remains family affair
It was in 1997 that the Northern Virginia Sun spotlighted the green thumbs of 5-year-old twins Alyssa and Ian McGowan, who had grown giant zucchini along with other vegetables in the family garden in Arlington.
The tradition continues – Ian McGowan’s garden has yielded 60 pounds of zucchini, 30 pounds of heirloom tomatoes, 30 pounds of cucumbers and six pounds of eggplant so far this summer, which has been used to create ratatouille, gazpacho and salads galore while leaving enough left over to provide to friends and family. On the horizon this autumn will be a crop of pumpkins.Â
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Ian McGowan with some of the bounty from his 2020 summer garden.
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A front page of the Sun Gazette looked back at the original 1997 story about twins Alyssa and Ian McGowan and their giant-sized zucchini.
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Vegetables from the Ian McGowan summer garden provided ingredients for a wealth of meals this year.
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Zucchini have been produced in the McGowan family garden for more than two decades.
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A cornucopia of vegetables, including cucumber, has been harvested from the McGowan garden.
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