Summer squash are a favorite for home gardeners, easy to grow and producing high yields. See our top 10 summer squash varieties and how to grow them.

Think outside the zucchini! There are several types of summer squash to try this, well, summer. From pattypan to yellow ...

Zucchini is one of the most rewarding vegetables to grow in your garden. Its rapid growth can lead to a bountiful harvest in ...

Butternut: A modern variety of winter squash, it was developed in the 1940s when a pumpkin was crossed with a gooseneck squash. It has a sweet, nutty taste, like a pumpkin.

I count more than a dozen varieties, in many shapes, ranging in size from tiny to over 5 pounds, a riot of colors including bright orange, blue, green, pink, tan, and striped.

Harvested in the fall and sturdy enough to last through winter, butternut, acorn, spaghetti, delicata, kabocha, sugar pumpkin, carnival, and honeynut squash are a few examples of winter squash.

Squash (cucurbita) have been popular homegrown veggies for centuries. There is evidence that the outer skins of winter varieties have been used in the creation of ancient bowls and pots.

Lots of heirloom squash varieties on the market now are exciting to grow and require less water, say Sonoma County Master Gardeners. Question: My family enjoys growing a vegetable garden each year ...

The squash was ivory white and marbled moss green in the grooves. If I had thought it into being it couldn’t have pleased me more, and I bore it off in triumph to top the arrangement.

Squash are generally planted in hills or mounds of dirt 6-8 inches high and with a flattened top about a foot square. To make an easy mound, dig a hole about 6 inches deep and fill with compost.

When purchasing winter squash, look for a dull sheet and hardness to the shell. If the stem is still attached, it should rounded and dry, not black, moist or shriveled. Most squash easily can be ...