Basket filled with whole zucchini and yellow squash outside - Barbara Rich/Getty Images Squash are flowering plants belonging to the gourd family and biologically considered fruits despite their ...

Sure, you know all about pumpkin and zucchini but what about patty pan, luffa and banana squash? It turns out that this plant family is large and surprisingly diverse. In fact, there’s a delicious ...

Many home cooks opt for small-sized summer squash, like these from Pitney Meadows Farm stand in Saratoga Springs. Book cover for "Perfectly Good Food" by Margaret Li and Irene Li. Grilled costata ...

Locally grown squash and zucchini are abundant this time of year, at MOON Co-op Grocery, Oxford’s Farmers Market, and home gardens. The challenge is how to use all of it. Squash has been cultivated ...

GREENFIELD – Tis the season to share the bounty of the garden, and local vegetable growers are digging into the many ways to use zucchini. The plant that just keeps on giving can yield so much squash, ...

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 ...

Back-yard gardeners who grow zucchini and yellow summer squash often have more than they can possibly eat. The prolific summer squashes can be used in so many different dishes, that it's a shame to ...

Scoop and fill zucchini squash with flavorful and healthy ingredients. Scooped and stuffed vegetables are a delicious and healthy way to compose a full meal in an edible vessel packed with flavorful ...

DEER PARK, Wash. — Eric Elithorp has to harvest his zucchini at least three times a week. Sometimes more. “You can almost see it grow,” Elithorp said. “If you get a 90-degree day, sometimes you’ve got ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Because they are botanical cousins, crookneck yellow squash and zucchini — ...

While the most common varieties of summer squash can be found year-round — we’re looking at you, green zucchini — the season for which they’re named brings a bounty of less familiar ones. Short and ...

Time lapse video of growing a zucchini plant in 76 days, from seed to fruit. The seed was germinated just fine and grew ...