Get Your Best Summer Squash Harvest Ever!

This prolific producer is packed with vitamin A, thiamin, niacin, copper, vitamin C, vitamin K, potassium and more. [Food Gardening Network Preview]( April 27, 2022  [Happiness is a Summer Squash]( Find out how to enjoy your best summer squash harvest ever! [Summer Squash] Gain full access to this premium collection—and an entire Library of food gardening advice—with a [Charter Gold Membership in Food Gardening Network!]( Dear Gardener, It’s hard to imagine a garden without summer squash. Humans first cultivated this garden staple some 8,000 (or more!) years ago. Squash, along with corn and beans, was one of the most important vegetables for indigenous cultures in the Americas, and is still one of the most popular crops in the U.S. It’s easy to see why, too. Squash comes in gorgeous shades of dark green, bright yellow, and creamy white. It can be multicolored, speckled, and striped. Some squash are almost perfectly round, but you’ll also find them in short, squat, or long shapes. You can grow it in containers or in the ground. The plant is a prolific producer, and you can use it in a multitude of recipes. To top it off, it’s packed with vitamin A, thiamin, niacin, copper, vitamin C, vitamin K, potassium and more. Want a tasty breakfast? How about Summer Squash Bread? Ready to add some pizzazz to your pizza? Make a Zucchini Pizza Bake. In a pinch for a side? Garlicky Summer Squash and Fresh Corn Salad to the rescue (and it’s SOOO flippin’ good). Is there a downside? Like any plant, summer squash has its share of pests and diseases to contend with. Don’t let that stop you, though. Check out this Summer Squash Collection to keep the pests away and learn all about this nutritious, delicious summer delicacy. [Summer Squash] You can check out different varieties of summer squash, get help in deciding whether you want to grow them from seeds or seedlings, look through the pros and cons of planting squash in containers vs. in the ground, and get six summer squash recipes that are guaranteed to please in the Food Gardening Network Summer Squash Collection. Seeds, Seedlings, and the Summer Squash Story Okay, it’s not so much a story as it is a choice. With most vegetables, there are a lot of pros and cons to both planting seeds and starting with seedlings. Sometimes it depends on what you want. It’s hard for us to say what your local gardening store might carry for seedlings, but if you grow your squash from seeds, one online shop carries over 30 varieties of both hybrid and heirloom summer squash, while another that specializes in heirloom varieties has 16 different varieties available. Sometimes, though, the plant makes the choice for us. That’s the case with squash. The summer squash is a homebody. It’s not into getting uprooted and moved. What’s a gardener to do who has a short growing season? Well, there is a solution, but I don’t have room to get into the details here. You can read more about planting squash and everything squash-related in the Summer Squash Collection, which you can look through right now when you activate your membership in The Food Gardening Network. [Food Gardening Network Charter Gold Membership Special Offer—Just $10 for an Entire Year! UPGRADE YOUR MEMBERSHIP TODAY! Become a Charter Gold Member today and get the Food Gardening Magazine and Library, Premium Collections, and Recipes! [Gold Membership] Check out all that this new food gardening club has to offer you today! YES, SIGN ME UP NOW FOR JUST $10!]( Squashing Squash Bugs It is frustrating when your beautiful squash plants get attacked by aphids, squash vine borers, and squash bugs. They tunnel through the stems of your squash plants, they eat the leaves, and they leave your plants to wither and die. So much for that Zucchini Cornbread Casserole. Fortunately, we gardeners aren’t entirely at the mercy of these pests. There are a number of natural methods to prevent or control these invaders. An army of ladybugs would be my top choice, but that’s not always possible. We do have a few other suggestions, though, most of which are incredibly easy. So before you have to face the disappointment of dying squash, check out the Summer Squash Collection. [Food Gardening Network Charter Gold Membership Special Offer—Just $10 for an Entire Year! UPGRADE YOUR MEMBERSHIP TODAY! Become a Charter Gold Member today and get the Food Gardening Magazine and Library, Premium Collections, and Recipes! [Gold Membership] Check out all that this new food gardening club has to offer you today! 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