If you are from Texas, you probably grew up eating squash casserole — still a favorite in our home. When I decided to start a small, raised vegetable garden a few years ago, I was determined to ...

Yellow squash here, growing in abundance at Ishihara Park Learning Garden, specifically the crookneck variety, which, you guessed it, comes with a bend at the top. The cheery yellow vegetable grows on ...

As summer winds down, many of us are trying to figure out how to use up all the summer squash in our garden. Summer squashes have a much shorter shelf life than hard-shell winter squashes. Although ...

No matter what else refuses to grow, it seems like everyone — every farm stand, every CSA share — always has summer squash, especially zucchini. Of course, when growing zucchini, you look away for ...

Q: Our yellow squash (and the neighbor's, too) have all been eaten alive by what we call the dreaded "squash worm." It digs itself into the vine and eats it hollow. I pulled most of two plants, but ...

Jim Guthrie holds a Zucchetta Rampicante Tromboncino Squash in his garden. The plant, a relative to zucchini and yellow squash, has a similar flavor to its cousins but aren’t as attractive to squash ...

It's hard to beat the cozy feeling radiating from a warm bowl of butternut squash soup, but what if you want more variety in your fall menu and the satisfaction of trying something new in your ...

A. It's likely a pollination problem. Squash have male and female blossoms on the same plant (monoecious). The male blossom is borne on a slender stalk. The female blossom has the swollen embryonic ...

Squash plants are not only prolific producers, but many types, both summer squash and winter squash, also get quite large. Their sprawling vines overwhelm smaller vegetables and other nearby plants.

Growing summer squash like zucchini and yellow crookneck is a hallmark of western Pennsylvania gardens. Many of us have been either the benefactor or recipient of a grocery bag of extra zucchini, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carolyn Ross and Photolibrary / Getty Images Squash is a staple veggie of summer gardens—easy to grow and low maintenance, with ...

The bulk of the regular season planting is over, and now we’re in the growing phase and early harvest phase. With the plants growing, more plant pests show up. One highly susceptible plant is squash.