Q: Is it too late to plant summer squash? If not, are they difficult to grow? Q: Is it too late to plant summer squash? If not, are they difficult to grow? A: Most of the planting guides I’ve seen ...

Question: Our first vegetable garden is growing fast and there are blossoms on the summer squash and cucumber plants. How do we know when the vegetables are ready for harvest? Answer: Congratulations ...

Gardeners know when it is summer because they can hardly keep up with the squash harvest. Summer and summer squash go hand in hand. But wait, are they summer squash or are they zucchini? Both summer ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Oh, my gourd! Please eat the flowers, most especially the squash blossoms. These edible things bursting from the meandering vines of zucchini, pumpkins, butternuts and various ...

Members of the Cucumber family that can be planted now include summer squash, winter squash, mirliton, pumpkin, gourd (edible and ornamental), musk melon, honeydew, cucuzzi, watermelon, cantaloupe, ...

Several of the most popular vegetables grown in the home garden belong to the cucumber family (Cucurbitaceae). Commonly grouped together and called the cucurbits, they include summer squash, zucchini, ...

Crops that languished for most of the brutal summer have seen a spurt of growth after recent rains that were accompanied by cooler temperatures. Beans have revived and are suddenly thriving, tomatoes ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Better late than never on the garden this year: Squash dragged on producing their blooms this summer season. But now they're here. And what to do with them? Pamela Silvestri Eat ...

Q: My squash plants flower, but the flowers are not opening fully and fall off without developing squash. Can you tell me what is happening to my plants? A: There could be a couple of reasons why you ...

Understandably, many people use the terms zucchini and summer squash interchangeably. Unlike the winter squash family, which is identifiable by thick, tough outer skin and a dense, usually orange or ...

It's squash flower season. Over the years, The Journal has shared some interesting and delicious recipes for these seasonal delicacies. Here are four of them. In 2014, Karen J. Caito, Sandra R.

Don’t let your squash and cukes get too big before harvesting them, but if you do forget use overmature cucumbers in smoothies, dips and flavored waters and squash into soups and sauces or harvest ...