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 ...

Vegetables that belong to this group include summer squash, zucchini, winter squash, mirliton, pumpkin, gourd, cucuzza, watermelon, cantaloupe, cushaw, luffa and, of course, cucumber. All these ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When the tiny squash fruits at the base of squash blossoms don't get pollinated, the young squash will stop developing, shrivel and eventually dry or drop from the plant. Squash fruits begin as ...

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 ...

Explore a Three Sisters chinampa demo garden setup and discover how to protect squash from vine borers using practical methods. Build a productive and sustainable garden system. #GardenDesign #Sustain ...

close up of a squash bug on a leaf - Faisal.k/Shutterstock If you've ever carefully cultivated squash or pumpkin vines only to have your hopes of scrumptious pies and casseroles dashed by squash bugs, ...

Years back, at a previous home and a previous garden, I planted a solitary summer squash — or yellow squash, depending on where you see it — plant. It yielded a good amount of fruit but nothing I ...

Some extraordinary gardeners like Virgil Severns and Terry Reichardt have been growing winter squash in Alaska for years, but for us ordinary gardeners, it’s becoming a much more reliable and feasible ...