Planting squash and cucumbers around the Fourth of July can help gardeners avoid common pests and boost harvests.

There is a lot of choice when it comes to growing squash. That includes picking from the many varieties, with different shapes, sizes, and colors, deciding whether to grow in the ground or containers, ...

Squash is famous for turning one packet of seed into a mountain of fruit, yet many gardeners discover that the first planting barely limps along. The difference between stingy vines and baskets of ...

Question: I am wondering whether it is better to start squash seeds indoors then transplant outside or just wait and plant the seed outdoors. Which works better? Answer: Planting squash seed directly ...

I love to grow squash, but it seems like every year the insects get them. How can I stop this from happening? SB There are two main insects that are problematic for squash plants: squash bugs and the ...

Eybie Eyberg of Parkersburg holds gem squash from his garden at the Point Park Marketplace. The gem squash are abundant in Eyberg’s native South Africa but are rare in the Mid-Ohio Valley. (Photo by ...

Butternut squash is a sweet winter squash, related to pumpkins and acorn squash, that spreads its vines and broad leaves out in summer and stores sunny energy and antioxidants in its deep orange, late ...