Growing Butternut Squash

Butternut Squash Butternut squash (Cucurbita mo is a type of winter squash with a hard exterior shell and seeds. Native to the Americas, butternut squash has been cultivated for 6,000 years. It is closely related to the pumpkin with a vine that grows along the ground....

Growing Winter Squash

Winter Squash photo by Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble Winter squash is grown much like summer squash.  The difference is in the harvest.  Summer squash is picked while it is immature and the rind is soft.  Winter squash is picked when mature and the rind hard.  Winter...