It just isn't summer without zucchini in the garden. However, these delicious vegetables can take up a lot of valuable real estate—unless you grow them in containers. Growing zucchini in containers ...

I’ve been growing yellow squash (Cucurbita pepo melopepo) all of my life, because it’s my Momma’s favorite vegetable. One year she told me she could eat her weight in squash, so I planted an entire ...

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 ...

Several readers have written me over the past month lamenting the fact that they no longer have land to plant a vegetable garden and saying they really miss both working outside and the act of growing ...

Squash is a simple crop to grow, but for high yields a little knowledge goes a long way. First off, pumpkins, zucchini, summer squash, and winter squash are all culinary terms that tell us how they ...

Squashes were first cultivated in the Americas – Central, North and South. Squash originated in South America and after the discovery of North America, explorers carried squash plants to England and ...

A mild, nutty tasting vegetable that sometimes resembles fresh corn, yellow squash is a summer squash — a subset of squashes harvested when immature, while the rind is tender. Unlike winter squashes, ...