General Gardening

Harvest and Store Spaghetti Squash

How do you know when to harvest spaghetti squash?  There are two easy signs which are. . .1)  It will turn white to pale yellow to yellow.  2)  The vine will wither and turn from green to cream/beige.  If your spaghetti squash meets the two signs, then cut the stem by leaving about two inches […]

General Gardening

Harvest and Store Cantaloupe

While I previously chatted about how to sow and grow melons (which included cantaloupes), I wanted to focus this post on how to harvest and store just cantaloupes.  Since cantaloupes will not ripen off the vine, you will need to know when they are ready to harvest.   There are two important harvesting signs:  1) The […]

General Gardening

Harvest and Store Summer Squash

  Don’t forget that summer squash includes yellow squash and green zuchinni.   These plants usually have large leaves and are in a bush form.  Once the female flower is pollinated you need to keep checking because the zucchini should be ready in about 5 days.  Take a look at a prior post on how to […]