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Showing posts with label butternut squash. Show all posts
Showing posts with label butternut squash. Show all posts
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Oh Butternut Squash, Why Do You Treat Me So???
When I introduced butternut squash to my garden midsummer, I was optimistic I'd have absolutely no issues growing it in the space. And yet, this is what it currently looks like ...
Grrrr ...
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Welcome, Butternut Squash!
Butternut squash, welcome to the garden!
I tore out my kale, and I replaced it with a butternut squash transplant, which needs about three months of no frost to grow - to be harvested right before the first frost of the year.
So now was a good time to plant it. I'm very excited about growing butternut squash, but I am nervous about it taking over the garden. From all I read and hear, it would spread out over the entire garden if I let it. My plan is to wait a little, and then try to coax it upward, a la vertical gardening.
This is obviously a first for me to grow butternut squash, but if all works out, it won't be the last!
I tore out my kale, and I replaced it with a butternut squash transplant, which needs about three months of no frost to grow - to be harvested right before the first frost of the year.
So now was a good time to plant it. I'm very excited about growing butternut squash, but I am nervous about it taking over the garden. From all I read and hear, it would spread out over the entire garden if I let it. My plan is to wait a little, and then try to coax it upward, a la vertical gardening.
This is obviously a first for me to grow butternut squash, but if all works out, it won't be the last!
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