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Squash is a fun family to grow. Patience is rewarded as the fruits grow larger and larger… and they’re finally in the stew! Growing and diseases.

Wide platter of bronzed roasted squash wedges on pale tahini yogurt, scattered with golden crackling chickpeas, green pumpkin seeds and crisp sage leaves

Roasted Squash Wedges with Spiced Chickpeas and Tahini Yogurt

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Pattypan squash, patisson

Pattypan squash, how to grow flat patisson squash

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Ornamental gourd

Ornamental gourd, beautiful but not for eating!

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improve pollination

How to improve cross-pollination

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Row of onion and strawberry plants

Spring sowing and planting

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main squash varieties

Scores of squash! Discover the most surprising varieties

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Easy growing for vegetables without even treating

No-treat vegetable patch: easy peasy

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Tomato plant on a balcony with fruits ripening

Growing vegetables on your balcony, give it a try!

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Spaghetti squash

Spaghetti squash, surprising flesh

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septoria plants

Septoria host plants – targets of this ravaging leaf spot disease

Treating diseases and pests

Growing squash and gourds easy tutorial – pumpkins, too!

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Colocynth, bitter apple

Colocynth, an African herb vegetable

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Red kuri on a fence with leaves and fruit

Grow red kuri vertically to maximize space

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Two caterpillars on a nasturtium leaf with pellets of waste.

Caterpillars, organic treatments to control them

Treating diseases and pests
Red kuri squash

Red kuri squash, how to grow it from seed to harvest

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Sowing in a seed hole

Sowing in seed holes, give natural selection a boost

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Squash and gourds, a harvest

Squash and gourd, how to grow them

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Pumpkins

Pumpkins : How to Plant, Grow, and Harvest

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