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Next year, she’s planning to plant summer and pattypan squash on the other side of the parking lot, facing the Mascoma River.

With a handful of green beans, a few tomatoes, some just-picked zucchini or pattypan squash, you’ll be well on your way to a quick pot of soup.

Collard greens — similar to the greens that grow year-round in Africa — and a spicy stew of pattypan squash flavored with onions, fatback and hot African peppers rounded out the meal.

A comparable selection of vegetables — string beans, quartered pattypan squash and corn kernels, lightly buttered and rendered al dente — graced a meatloaf entree.

The cooked cauliflower rests on a barley, quinoa and farro pilaf and is topped with vegetables like pattypan squash and roasted carrots.