Growing winter squash requires some patience, but this garden vegetable is well worth the wait—and most varieties have a long shelf life after harvest. From butternut squash to acorn squash, learn how to plant, grow, harvest, and cure winter squash in your home garden! About Winter Squash B...
Zucchini is a vigorous grower.While each plant will produce several squash during peak season, you’ll typically find that one or two zucchini plants will produce a “bumper” (unusually large) crop, leaving you to give the squash away to neighbors or bake lots of zucchini bread! Image: Alv...
The Blue Hubbard Squash—which is also called the New England Blue Hubbard—is a great choice for sweet-tasting winter squash to serve on a cold, late autumn evening. The flesh of the Blue Hubbard is deep orange. It is dense and starchy and has the nutty, sweet taste of a sweet potato...
To plant: Squash grow well in mounds, so hill up some soil and plant three to five seeds per mound. plant seeds 1 inch deep in mounds set 4 feet apart after all danger of frost has passed. Squash can be started indoors three to four weeks before the last frost date. Squash also gro...
How to Make Pumpkin Puree First, scoop out the seeds and roast the squash on a baking sheet until fork tender. Once cooled, scoop the flesh from the skin and run it through a food processor until it’s smooth. Depending on the variety of squash you use, the consistency of your puree ...
Crop Rotation: Some disease is soil-borne, so it is best practice to move your pumpkin plants to a new spot each year. Don’t plant pumpkins where other squash were planted in previous years since they are members of the same botanical family and are prone to the same disease. ...
Even though things are staring to wind down in the garden, there is still plenty to do outside. I still have my fall potatoes to harvest, as well a more squash, Swiss Chard, kale and there are still a few tomato plants to pull yet. Let’s just hope I can get the 225 +/- pound...