Squash plants are not only prolific producers, but many types, both summer squash and winter squash, also get quite large. Their sprawling vines overwhelm smaller vegetables and other nearby plants.

Plant winter squash when the weather is above 65 degrees Fahrenheit. In Southern climates, this could be in March, in Northern climates, this may not happen until May or even June. Winter squash takes ...

The short-vine, bushy summer squash plants are rather large (24 to 36 inches across), so make sure you space them properly in the garden. The fruit is harvested immature while it is young and tender ...

While winter squash plants are known to take up a lot of space in the garden, here's a selection of more compact varieties that you can grow in containers.

Pattypan/Scalloped squash plant growing journal was captured in this time lapse over 86 days. The seed was germinated and ...

Let's think about Halloween and Thanksgiving, even if it is the middle of July. That's because winter squashes play important roles during those two fall holidays, and they need to be planted now.

Time lapse of planting a chayote squash plant from a fresh fruit to vines. The chayote fruit was bought from our local grocery store. Then it was germinated in a pot by half-buried under potting mix ...

The cucumber family, properly known as the Cucurbitaceae, provides a wide variety of vegetables popular in the summer home vegetable garden. Members of the cucumber family that can be planted now ...