Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo) is a popular type of summer squash that is considered easy to grow in home gardens. Still, having a productive zucchini plant depends on proper growing techniques. There are ...

It just isn't summer without zucchini in the garden. However, these delicious vegetables can take up a lot of valuable real estate—unless you grow them in containers. Growing zucchini in containers ...

Like other types of squash, zucchini can attract pests like aphids, squash bugs, and vine borers, which discolor plant leaves, damage developing fruit, and sometimes even cause entire vines to ...

We have taken a look at tomatoes, onions and cucumbers. Probably the next two favorite crops of mine are green beans and zucchini. And there are hundreds of kinds of both. Some are open-pollinated, ...

Gardening experts on veggies to plant beyond tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, and cucumbers. Question: Every year, I seem to plant the same standard vegetables in my garden, such as tomatoes, peppers, ...

asked my kids, desperate for a dinner that doesn't revolve around summer squash. Once established, summer squash plants can continue to grow, producing female flowers and new squash throughout the ...

Discover 7 seeds you shouldn't start in February, according to experts. Sometimes it's beneficial to ignore seed packets and ...

Late July and August is a period of unease for the friends and family of vegetable growers. I know this because, as an avid gardener myself, I won’t let you leave my house in late summer without a ...

Zucchini is among our favorite prolific summer squash in the vegetable garden, and it's easy to grow. But for beginners, accounting for the plant size can be a hurdle, especially in a small garden.

Like lettuce, spinach grows fast and isn’t very tall, so it doesn’t put down deep roots. This makes it a terrific container ...