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 ...

Squash bugs are common garden pests that overwinter in garden debris, like dead leaves and stems. When the warm weather rolls around, these bugs emerge and feed on new plant leaves, sucking out the ...

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, ...

Squash bugs take root on the undersides of leaves or near the crown of the plant, where they’ll lay clusters of oval-shaped, reddish, copper-brown eggs. If you pride yourself on growing your own ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners. This week I am discussing growing squash, in particular heirloom varieties. Squash has been grown here for thousands of years, so it has an old and unique ...

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 ...

Few vegetables reward gardeners as much as zucchini. Just plant in a sunny spot, water, and wait. Soon you’ll have more ...

These five zucchini companion plants can help repel pests, attract beneficial insects, and suppress weeds without pesticides.

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 ...

Squash bugs can overwinter in the soil, leaf litter, and dead plants, and then attack plants again in spring. Prevent a re-infestation by destroying infested plants and debris, tilling deeply, and ...

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 ...

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 ...