I decided to join the Food Fest hosted jointly by Dinner Tonight and A Way to Garden. So, for the first time ever (well, not quite, there are some pesto recipes here), recipes at Cold Climate...

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Chipotle butternut squash soup with herbed wheat bread

Calabaza is the general Spanish word for winter squash. Butternut squash are called ayote here in La Ceiba, but apparently other types of squash are also called ayote as well. . . .

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Introduction.
I received lots of requests for these recipes after featuring them in Meals from the Garden. Many of us have winter squash stashed from our gardens, farmer’s markets, and groceries this time of year. These are two wonderful recipes I tried this week, neither of which take much time to make. And at the bottom, instructions for roasting the seeds, and links to more recipes. . . .

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In a crazy, bold and unprecedented move, Seattle photographer David Perry scored the rare cover/feat

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Steve H of Keyport, Washington in the US emailed me an embarrassingly long time ago to ask if I could help him find out the variety of this squash. He writes: It weighed in at 28.6 pounds. The plant wilted at the first frost so it must be a summer squash (?). It was planted late May and harvested the last week of October. I really have no idea, but perhaps a reader might be able to identify it. Trouble is, of course, that it could well be the result of crossbreeading between two different members of the cucurbit family...

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Posted by Jane Perrone Reblogged by Old Roses to squash on 2007-12-31, 00:17:20

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This small ornamental squash/pumpkin grew in the garden in 2006 (see a sibling here), from one I composted in the garden in 2005. He decorated the porch in 2007, but started getting squishy so I sat him out in the garden for composting. Well, there he sat Thanksgiving morning, just sparkling with frost. I couldn't capture the sparkles, but you can see his frosty glow in the morning light. . . .

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Posted by Petunia's Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to squash on 2007-11-26, 00:27:42

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What would the harvest season be without winter squash? Yet how many home gardeners still grow them? Sure they look beautiful in their fall colors, on display in the produce...

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I wonder if these butternut squash will ripen like the green San Marzano tomotoes I ripened on the window sill?

They are not at all like the buttery shop varieties. The books I've read all talk about letting the squashes ripen in the sun on the vine. What are the chances of these unripe looking fruits ripening indoors?

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Posted by John Curtin Reblogged by Old Roses to squash on 2007-11-06, 00:30:03

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The squirrels can be seen stashing away anything they can carry (I'm starting to think it will be a cold winter). Guess I am too. The freezer is full of summer harvests, now I have delicata squash and pumpkins in the garage.

This is my first year to grow delicata squash. It's said to have a sweet nutty flavor with hints of brown sugar and butter. Can't beat that in a squash! It also was quite a happy grower. I only have cooked one and that was an early one that broke off the plant. I think it wasn't quite ready to be eaten, though. I'll report back on these soon.

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Posted by Petunia's Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest, squash on 2007-11-03, 06:08:08

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Waltham Butternut squash was first bred in Waltham, Massachusetts in the 1960s, though the plants from which it was derived were here long before then. By some estimates, Cucurbita moschata has been cultivated in the Americas for more than 5,000 years.

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CLICK TO ENLARGE!

Cucurbita maxima Duchesne 'Blue Hubbard' and 'Marina di Chioggia' are the green ones at the bottom. The yellow/orange one I think really looks like a how pumpkin should look like, it's a Pumpkin Racer F1. The rest are just small one's that I grow purely for decorations. . . .

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What would the harvest season be without winter squash? Yet how many home gardeners still grow them? Sure they look beautiful in their fall colors, on display in the produce...

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I'm growing winter squash for the first time, and I think I'm going to have a bumper crop!

I'm not sure how to tell when to harvest my delicata, however. Anyone have any tips?
Also, I've heard that your should "cure" winter squash. That is, wait as much as a month after harvest before eating it. Fact or fiction?

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                                                                                                          I’ve been watching a volunteer squash of some sort taken hold in my garden.  I have been enjoying watching it sprawl all over the place with it’s big leaves.  The other day I was out with my pruning shears pruning a little of this and a little of that.  I thought hit me the maybe I will just tidy up the now quite large plant.  It’s already the middle of August I thought, so why not prune out all but the largest of stems to see how big it would get.  Snip.  I had cut the damm one that I wanted to keep.  After all these years of gardening  I’m still learning by my mistakes. 

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Posted by sandy Reblogged by Old Roses to squash on 2007-08-17, 06:23:44

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One of the things that I listed on my 2007 Garden To Do List was to grow some vegetables that I haven't grown before. One such veggie was sweet potatoes which got destroyed by the critters. Another new addition was supposed to be spaghetti squash. I had planned on starting the seeds indoors under lights but unfortunately I never got around to doing it. Moving to plan B, I bought a container of spaghetti squash at the garden center which had two plants in it. They have been the biggest and healthiest plants in the garden and I thought all was well. We began finding recipes for cooking it and was excited to see if it actually looked like spaghetti. Once the fruits started to develop, I noticed that something was terribly wrong. These aren't spaghetti squash plants! I can't even figure out what kind of squash this is.

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Posted by Marc Reblogged by Old Roses to squash on 2007-08-17, 06:13:30

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A while back I did a post on a new squash I am growing this year called Sunshine. I have been surprised at how vigorous the vine is and how many nice sized fruit is it bearing.

They are so pretty in their bright orange coats....they remind me of pumpkins!

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Posted by Connie Reblogged by Old Roses to squash on 2007-08-14, 17:48:32

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Pickled Summer Squash

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Posted by Kathi Reblogged by Old Roses to recipes, squash on 2007-07-25, 00:22:46

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Sometime in June, I saw this vine crawl out of blackberry bed that I had mulched heavily with kitchen waste. I kept meaning to yank it out, but somehow kept forgetting. then I went out of town for three weeks. Bill, who was looking after my garden in my absence, asked me what squash I was growing. I had no idea. . . .

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Posted by Central FLA Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to squash on 2007-07-18, 06:38:58

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Hello All. I am in Portland, OR and I have a patty pan squash plant and it keeps flowering and than making little veggies but after about a week the squash molds over. It is in a 3 gallon container and I thought maybe the container was too small for the plant to get its fruit high enough to not mold?
I dont know. Maybe this is a trend until later in the summer

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Posted by Empress Reblogged by Old Roses to squash on 2007-07-09, 05:49:12

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Well... we don't have much of a bounty yet, but we did have two tiny yellow squash (I like them when they are small). So, I fixed a bed of fresh greens from my garden, along with the squash and onion, then made up this dish. (I love being creative in the kitchen.) It is a Chicken Tostada. Chicken breasts were baked yesterday by marinating with fresh lime and tequila, olive oil, rosemary and cilantro (from my garden). I placed leftover frozen corn and black beans on the tostada, topped with sliced chicken and havarti cheese, sprinkled with more cilantro and smoked paprika. Then placed it in the toaster broiler until melted. Was VERY delicious, if I do say so. My husband always teases me about being able to recreate my cooking because I do so much on the fly, but I think I'll remember this one. Because the chicken was already cooked it took only a small amount of time and no hot kitchen. Suuuure would love to have had one of those nice tomatoes that everyone is showing to make this dish really complete!

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Our first Zephyr squash. Should be ready to eat tonight!

I may have mentioned before that it's an experimentation year for squash. I planted eight different varieties, plus had one come up volunteer in the compost pile. . . .

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Posted by Rurality Reblogged by Old Roses to squash on 2007-07-04, 06:37:18

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I cooked my farmer's market produce today. We had roasted corn on the cob, fresh green beans with new potatoes and onions, sliced tomatoes, grilled chicken and the squash casserole I mentioned in yesterdays post. It was all very yummy!
Now, about that squash casserole...

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Posted by Robin Reblogged by Old Roses to recipes, squash on 2007-07-03, 18:32:36

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This year I have planted several types of summer squash. In early May, I planted seeds for Casserta, Sunburst and zucchini. The Casserta never sprouted and neither did a second seeding in potting soil several weeks later. The zucchini (Cashflow) came up fast and the Sunburst (a green and yellow colored patty-pan shaped squash) was slow but eventually sprouted. I purchased some plants of Gold Bar, a cylindrical yellow squash, to fill in for the absent Casserta. . . .

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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to squash on 2007-06-24, 00:06:01

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Skippy and I planted squash seeds today. Its a really sunny warm day (80F) and I'm guessing the soil is above 60F now. I turned over the soil to mix in all the compost I added to the squash bed. Looks like great soil. I put the cucumber trellis at the back of the bed and made three hills for three different types of summer squash at the front of the bed. I planted seeds for two types of cucumbers (Diva and sriped Armenian) and three summer squashes (zucchini, caserta, and sunburst). I have forgotten what the last two look like and I am looking forward to being surprised by the fruits.

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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to planting, seeds, squash on 2007-05-11, 18:54:38

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How often should I water squash for the best crop? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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Posted by The Old Farmer's Almanac Reblogged by Old Roses to squash, watering on 2007-05-10, 17:29:37

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I'm pretty good at growing plants from seed, but things start to go awry when I set the seedlings outside to harden off. Case in point: My two butternut squash plants.

I had two beautiful, healthy plants that I brought out to the garden on Sunday. Monday I returned to the plot and found them wilted and sunburned and just generally looking miserable. They obviously didn't enjoy their first day under the sun. . . .

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Posted by Christa Reblogged by Old Roses to squash on 2007-04-29, 00:40:42

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Michael's squash blossom recipe...

For about a dozen of Nize & Barbara's squash blossoms.

It looks more complicated than it is -- the whole thing can be thrown together in a couple stages, each taking a few minutes. . . .

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Posted by Central FLA Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to recipes, squash on 2007-04-11, 16:56:49

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Here it is, the last of my 2006 vegetable reviews: cucumbers, squash and watermelons, aka the cucurbits. Last year was a strange growing year for these crops. The cucumbers did great, but were not the variety I ordered. I'm not sure what they were, but they weren't slicing cucumbers. For the first year in a long time, the zucchini didn't suffer from downy mildew, but I didn't get one squash until the day before the first snow! The watermelons were planted on a complete whim and were not taken care of at all, but I ended up with three small fruits in the end. . .

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What is the best way to freeze summer and winter squash? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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This is the overactive yellow squash plant I photographed 3 weeks ago http://carletongarden.blogspot.com/2006/09/squash-profusion.html . The center of it has rotted a bit, but many of the squashes (at least 10!) are growing fine. How big they get is just a question of when we get our first frost here. Or when we decide we'd like some grilled baby squash, which does sound good.

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Those of you who have been following my gardening adventures for a while will recall that, earlier this season, I learned a lot about crookneck squash flowers. (For a recap, go here.) Today, I am happy to report that I successfully grew three beautiful crookneck squashes. The first two of are shown in the photo above.

Since this was the first time I've grown squash of any type, I wanted to cook them in a special way. I didn't want to grind them up for soup or bury them in too many other ingredients. I wanted to do something that would really feature the whole squash as the main ingredient.

My first choice of recipes was this one: Marinated Zucchini and Summer Squash by Giada De Laurentis. It was a simple-to-make marinade that included fresh garlic and thyme, which I also had on hand from my garden. The vegetables soaked in the marinade for about four hours and then, after baking, they were wonderfully flavorful and fragrant. If you like lemon and garlic, you will love this recipe!


The third squash I used in a recipe of my own invention. To start, I gleaned a bit of guidance and inspiration from a fabulous book called Culinary Artistry. This is a book that lists all kinds of ingredients and provides a compilation of all the foods, herbs, and spices that pair well with each one. It's essentially like having a color wheel for food.

Ingredients that go well with summer squash include: onions, bacon, Parmesan cheese, paprika, cinnamon, saffron and lemon. I used the first four of these, plus a little bit of parsley and plain bread crumbs, to make a stuffing. First, I cooked two slices of bacon and set them aside. Then, in the same pan, I cooked a medium-size onion. I added some chopped parsley, bread crumbs, the crumbled bits of bacon, and a little water to help it all stick together. Then I brushed olive oil onto each half of the squash, added the filling, and topped everything off with Parmesan cheese and a few shakes of paprika. I baked them at 350 degrees until the squash became soft.


My invention turned out beautifully! The bacon gave the squash just the right amount of saltiness and flavor, without making this dish too heavy. Michael liked it so much that he wanted another one! The only change we'd make would be to add more parsley next time, and maybe even more onions; we love onions. Other than that, I was really happy with how this turned out, especially since I was not working with a precise recipe. (My mom would be so proud of me; I actually cooked something without a recipe!)

Two more squash await me in the garden. This will probably be all... until next summer.


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This is my contribution to the Green Blog Project, a blogging event created by Inji Pennu at Ginger and Mango. She encouraged fellow bloggers to grow something edible and then write about how they used the plant, vegetable, fruit, or herb as the main ingredient in a recipe. I like that she even encouraged people without a garden to try growing something in a container. Having a small space for my own garden, I've come to really appreciate all of the things that I've been able to grow there -- even if it's only a handful of squash. I enjoyed watching them go from seed to soil to supper.

If you'd like to participate in the Green Blog Project, it's not too late. Go to Ginger and Mango for all the details and then check her blog again on October 1, 2006, for a roundup of everyone's posts. It's a celebration of homegrown foods!

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Posted by Christa Reblogged by Old Roses to recipes, squash on 2006-09-21, 23:57:18

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But Not Like Any Squash Plants I Can Recall Ever Seeing

Realization Of The Day:
I think 2006 is going to go down in history as (besides The Year Of Cary Laying Waste To The Garden ) The Year Of Mysterious Plants. Looks like I've got yet another one .

I recently mentioned that some volunteer cucumber plants were coming up in one of the newly planted raised beds the dogs decided to dig up and destroy (obviously for my own--but unknown--good, as Finny Knits , who so totally takes the animal's side in these matters, has assured me). . . .

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I'm not sure what's going on here. This i