You love enjoying fresh-from-the-garden squash and incorporating vegetables into your meals. While these plants are popular choices for gardeners of all skill levels, many who are just developing ...

Summer squash (Cucurbita pepo), including zucchini, crookneck, straightneck, and patty pan, is common in central New York vegetable gardens. Summer squash grows quickly, is early to harvest, and is ...

Squash is famous for turning one packet of seed into a mountain of fruit, yet many gardeners discover that the first planting ...

Vegetables that belong to this group include summer squash, zucchini, winter squash, mirliton, pumpkin, gourd, cucuzza, ...

HUNGRY FRUIT: Squash are heavy feeders, meaning they thrive in soil with high fertility. If you don’t have rich soil, you can add an organic fertility source before planting squash, and/or apply a ...

Before you plant a single squash seed this March, make sure that your garden isn’t missing something important. Squash has ...

A kabocha squash growing on a vine, surrounded by leaves and vines. - Y-studio/Getty Images As harvest time nears, there's one fall gardening trick that can keep your winter squash harvest in good ...

'Honey Boat' delicata winter squash has nutty, yellow-orange flesh that's high in calcium and vitamins A and C. Control squash bugs by checking plants often for their shiny brown egg clusters. Rub off ...

Winter squash need a long, warm season in which to grow and a good deal of space, but are well worth the effort. All need to be planted in full sun in very rich soil. Plant when all danger of frost is ...

These pesky insects can cause your produce to wilt and die. Squash bugs are common pests that can cause your squash, pumpkins, and melons to wilt and die. Rotating crops, using straw mulch, and adding ...

In Central Texas, our late summer months are often the time of year when gardeners put their beds to sleep by planting a cover crop. However, if you continued to grow through August, one of the ...