Growing summer squash like zucchini and yellow crookneck is a hallmark of western Pennsylvania gardens. Many of us have been either the benefactor or recipient of a grocery bag of extra zucchini, ...

Question: Last year my zucchini plants produced some fruit then wilted and died. I never saw an insect. Was that from a disease, and if so, what can I spray? Answer: A very common pest in our area ...

Question: Every summer, I get a few zucchinis and then the plant dies. What’s wrong? Answer: Although some may welcome the early death of zucchinis to spare everyone from the onslaught of fruit ...

Some of the most common questions I’m asked by backyard vegetable growers concern zucchini. The plants either produce like crazy, inspiring memes about gardeners anonymously leaving overflow harvests ...

If you thought your garden was inundated with more squash vine borers last summer, you weren't imagining it. There is some evidence that squash vine borers produced two generations, rather than just ...

Picking the first zucchini is always pretty exciting, at least in our garden. But a few weeks into zucchini season, this excitement will wane a bit… ok maybe a lot. I’ve learned from a young age that ...

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