The September equinox arrived yesterday, which means today is the first official, full day of autumn in the northern hemisphere. We can feel it in the air! “Equinox” is a word derived from Latin ...

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

The leaves are changing and the air has a crisp feel—you might say it’s sweater weather, but we know it as winter squash season. Come fall, we’re stocking up on all the gourds we can find at the ...

The cooler months are prime time for winter squash. Pumpkins may get all the glory at Halloween, but there are many other versatile, vividly colored, flavorful, and nutrient-packed varieties to ...

Discover the best way to store winter squash, such as butternut squash and spaghetti squash, to keep it fresh all season long.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Winter squash is such a metaphor for life, isn’t it? Crack through its carapace-like shell and it’s little more than raw, bitter flesh, stringy and ...

When we talk about winter squash we are distinguishing it from summer squash: zucchini and yellow summer squash. Think butternut, buttercup, Kabocha, delicata, acorn and others. Winter squash — which ...

It’s time to harvest winter squash. Those are the types of squash that develop a hard rind or shell as they ripen. The more well-known ones include butternut, acorn, buttercup, Hubbard, and others.

The three All-America Selections vegetables for 2005 are a sugary grape tomato; a "baby" (four-inch) eggplant; and a buttercup winter squash with sweet, stringless flesh that grows on ...

These buttercup squash fries are very similar in taste and texture to sweet potato fries. Next place all the french fry sticks in a bowl and toss with about 3 Tbsp of olive oil (start with 2 Tbsp, and ...

When fall comes, thoughts turn to harvesting winter squash, which is often described as comfort food. Squash is in the family Cucurbita, with two main groups, summer squash and winter squash. Summer ...