Squash & Zucchini Varieties

Patty Pan Squash

This is the first year that I got the Yellow Bush Patty Pan Squash to grow.   They are soooo cute!  They really look like miniature flying saucers. Even though the yellow skin looks thick and tough, it is actually tender.  The flesh is cream color. Patty Pan plants grows in a bush form that […]

Recipes Vegetables

Cooking Summer Squash

While we were on vacation last week, we had Anaheim green chili peppers, yellow squash, purple beans and a few fava beans mature. My husband, Alan suggested cooking the squash this way: Cut off the top and bottom of the squash, Cut the squash in half lengthwise, Remove the seeds and Cut the squash in […]

Vegetables

Zucchini or Squash – Summer or Winter

When you go to the grocery store, you typically find that zucchini is green and squash is yellow but there are exceptions of course!   You will see that there are many varieties if grown from seed.  Technically, zucchini is a type of squash.  While there are many winter varieties, I typically grow just summer […]