The squash vine borer didn’t wreak such havoc in your summer garden, ... Your culinary dreams are running wild when you start to notice the wilt. You panic, ...

Each squash plant bears long vines that produce many male and female ... They would be boiled, often with corn and other wild seed. But the farming tribes also preserved blossoms for later use.

Squash vine borer eggs are tiny, round, glossy, and copper-colored. They are usually laid one at a time and placed singularly. Any clusters will be loosely grouped.

The best defense against the squash vine borer is to wrap the stems with ... When is the best time to treat them?” “Treating” wild violets with chemicals is useless, Sandra.

Q: We need some help identifying and controlling wild growth. It originated where ... Q: Is there any way to prevent squash vine borers? They ruined my plants this year. A: As you know all too ...

Since gene flow from GM crops into their wild counterparts is inevitable, some scientists worry that farmers may be inadvertently creating a race of super squash weeds. This would be a problem ...

All these vegetables produce vines that run along the ground or climb. Summer squash vines are rather short and thick and so are more bushlike than other members of the family that are commonly grown.

Locally grown squash and tomatoes at the Crescent City Farmers Market. (Michael DeMocker/The Times-Picayune) Some of the most popular vegetables grown in the home garden belong to the cucumber ...