However, squash may be confusing to classify. Most kinds of squash are brightly colored — like fruit — but taste mild or savory — like vegetables. Fruits contain seeds and develop from the ...

Understandably, many people use the terms zucchini and summer squash interchangeably. But these two words are not indicative ...

When looking at its culinary applications, most people associate squash with vegetables, rather than fruit. Fruits are typically sweet, enjoyed raw and juicy. Squash is best when cooked and ...

Thankfully, you can tell when to harvest acorn squash by the color of the fruit, the texture of the rind, and the stem. I have sown, grown, and harvested many varieties of squash. I grew them as a ...

Basil can deter several pests from tomato plants, including aphids, tomato hornworms, mosquitoes, fruit flies, and thrips. It ...

The females will have a knob at the base – this is what develops into fruit. Male flowers are prettier, have pollen-bearing anthers, and have a skinny stalk instead of a baby squash at its base.

While it is often treated as a vegetable, squash is actually a type of fruit, as it comes from a flower and contains seeds. You can enjoy these seeds, as well as the flesh and, in many cases ...