With the first couple of months of the new year behind us, gardeners are focused on one thing: the countdown to the outdoor growing season. Vegetable seeds that need to be started indoors very soon ...

I love squash and would love to grow some in my garden, but so many of my gardener friends have given up on growing squash. Any suggestions to help keep my squash plants healthy? — K.S. As gardeners, ...

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.

HUNGRY FRUIT: Squash are heavy feeders, meaning they thrive in soil with high fertility. If you don’t have rich soil, you can add an organic fertility source before planting squash, and/or apply a ...

For many vegetable gardeners, this is perhaps the best season of the year—seed catalog season! Since the first week of January, colorful seed catalogs have begun to appear in my mailbox just as links ...

Depending on your hardiness zone, here's what you can start growing in January to get a jumpstart on your spring garden. The gardening department at your local hardware store is often overlooked in ...

Q. We grow cucumbers and butterbeans on trellises to conserve space in our garden. We wonder if you know of compact varieties of yellow squash and zucchini squash that grow like a bush and require ...