Harvesting your Winter Squash
Growing winter squash requires patience. Unlike many other crops that let you harvest as the season progresses; squash like to be left alone. Ideally, you want to leave the squash …
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Watering, Weeding, Fertilizing and Pollinating your Winter Squash Plants
Once your winter squash are settled in—whether it’s in a container, a raised bed, or open ground—consistency is key when it comes to watering. …
Growing Winter Squash in Containers
The best winter squash candidates for container gardening are bush squash or semi-bush squash. They don’t produce side vines, so they don’t spread out, or they don’t spread out much—maybe …
Planting Winter Squash in the Ground or in Raised Beds
Winter squash need lots of sunshine in order to thrive—at least six hours of sunshine a day. They’ll tolerate partial shade, but that could reduce the size of the roots. …
Sun and Soil Requirements for Growing Winter Squash
Winter squash like a full day of sun—at least six hours. The soil should be well-drained and rich in organic matter. Sandy loam soil is best. Some aged compost mixed …
Growing Winter Squash from Seeds or Seedlings
If your growing season permits it, direct sow your seeds outside; seedlings do not transplant as successfully as plants started outdoors. If you have a shorter growing season, you can …
Types of Winter Squash
If you ask someone to name familiar types of squash, they’ll probably say acorn, butternut, and spaghetti. Butternut squash is the most popular squash crop in the United States. But …
Roasted Delicata Squash with Honey-Garlic Goat Cheese and Toasted Squash Seeds
The winter months are such a joy for cooking, especially if you grew winter squash the year before. Since winter squash, like butternut, honeynut, and delicata, can last months in …
What to Do with Pumpkins After the Harvest
You’ve grown pumpkins. You started them as seeds, watched them sprout, watched the vines spread and flower. And now you have pumpkins ready for harvest. Just one problem. You have …
Roasted Winter Squash Soup
Everybody loves a butternut squash soup, but what if you have a variety of sweet winter squash nearing the end of their shelf life, and you just want to use …
