Growing Winter Squash - Winter Squash is More than Just Pumpkins
Pumpkins may be the best known winter squash, but there are dozens of great winter squash varieties to grow in the home garden. They're easy to grow and you'll be enjoying them months after your garden is gone for the season.
Turban or Turk's Cap Squash
Turban or Turk's Cap squash looks like an ornamental squash, but it's actually a flavorful squash that's especially nice in soups.
Spaghetti Squash - A Fun Alternative
Spaghetti squash is seen as a novelty, but they actually are really delicious. The vines are well-behaved enough for a home vegetable garden and the plants are quite prolific.
Hubbard Squash
Hubbard squash are delicious, but they're huge and none too attractive. The blue-green hubbard squash fruits are covered in bumps and the skin is very hard to peel.
Delicata Squash
Delicata squash are a wonderful choice for home vegetable gardens. The vines are well behaved and the squash fruits are a nice size for 2-4 people.
Cushaw Squash
Cushaw squash are old-time favorites that don't get grown or eaten much any longer. The large fruits are bulb-shaped, with long necks and the sweet flesh is nice for baking.
Butternut Squash
Butternut squash is the most popular winter squash for cooking. It's also great for growing in the vegetable garden and storing for winter dinners.
Buttercup Squash
Buttercup squash looks like a small green pumpkin. Buttercup may not be the most attractive squash in your garden, but it's delicious and easy to grow.
Winter Squash Varieties
Technically the term ‘Winter Squash’ refers to those in the genus maxima including: acorn, banana buttercup, hubbard and turban. But winter squash has acquired a more general meaning and includes a great deal more variety in general usage. Below are some of the most popular varieties of winter squash. Read Growing Winter Squash, for more information on winter squash's cultural requireme
Squash is Often Named for its Shape, Not its Flavor.
Winter squash takes patience and a lot of space to grow. Banana squash isn't tops in flavor, but the squash are so large, you can feed a crowd with just one.
The Taste of Fall in a Fast Growing Squash
Acorn squash is in the same species as summer squash, like zucchini, but it has the fall flavor of winter squash. Acorn squash is easy to grow in the home vegetable garden and it's a relatively good keeper.
Growing Winter Squash
Growing Winter squash can intimidate home gardeners. They grow on large vines, take all season to mature and then what do you do with them. There are also so many of them, it’s hard to know what’s worth growing. Acorn squash, Hubbard, spaghetti? Here’s a breakdown of the most popular winter squash varieties, how to grow them and how to use
Winter Squash - Growing Winter Squash In All Its Variety
Growing Winter squash can intimidate home gardeners. The vines can take over your garden and the fruits take all season to mature. Luckily there are new varieties on the market that are easier to grow and take up less space. Acorn squash, Hubbards, spaghetti? What is a winter squash ad how do you grow them?
Winter Squash - Winter Squash is More Than Growing Pumpkins
Growing Winter squash can intimidate home gardeners. They grow on large vines, take all season to mature and then what do you do with them. There are also so many of them, it’s hard to know what’s worth growing. Acorn squash, Hubbards, spaghetti? Here’s a breakdown of the most popular winter squash varieties, how to grow them and how to use them.