As all the old jokes about country people not locking their doors except during zucchini season imply, growing squash can be a little too easy. And while figuring out what to do with the overabundance ...

DEER PARK, Wash. — Eric Elithorp has to harvest his zucchini at least three times a week. Sometimes more. “You can almost see it grow,” Elithorp said. “If you get a 90-degree day, sometimes you’ve got ...

"Will the zucchinis stop growing soon?" asked my kids, desperate for a dinner that doesn't revolve around summer squash. Once established, summer squash plants can continue to grow, producing female ...

Growing zucchini does not require a backyard. With the right setup, containers can support healthy plants and generous ...

Squash is a simple crop to grow, but for high yields a little knowledge goes a long way. First off, pumpkins, zucchini, summer squash, and winter squash are all culinary terms that tell us how they ...

The volunteer pickers swear the zucchini was hiding from them beneath its many leaves, but when my friend Cathy returned from a week away, one of the zucchinis in her garden was nearly the size of a ...

Like art fairs and Pine Knob, you're part of a Michigan summer. It's just there's so much of you, sometimes — especially now when you're so plentiful, a bumper crop as usual, showing up at farm stands ...

No matter what else refuses to grow, it seems like everyone — every farm stand, every CSA share — always has summer squash, especially zucchini. Of course, when growing zucchini, you look away for ...