Harvesting and Storing Winter Crops

[Dover]

I'm just about to plant some winter squashes (acorn squash, red kuri, butternut), which I've not done before, so found this great site I'll share. The long lasting, long growing winter veggies make a lot of sense to me (onions, carrots, potatoes, beets, cauliflower, garlic, squash, etc.) since I can barely keep up with eating the food that needs to be consumed right away, so end up giving most of it away (not a bad deal for the local food pantry!). I just ate an acorn squash I'd purchased in December, and it was wonderful! And they aren't difficult to grow, so why not? And some even make a nice decoration until you're ready to eat them.

http://www.seedsofchange.com/enewsletter/issue_38/storage.asp

[BensMom]

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I have some squash planted and garlic.
With food prices - I am trying to garden smarter....

Thank you for the site

[Dover]

2. I think I will have mastered home gardening when I figure out how to

determine the timing of planting things so that they are coming up sequentially rather than all at once, and then determining how much of something to plant. For instance, once acorn squash finishes you can plant another right away, and you can buy different varieties of tomatoes that will come up at different times, so you don't have a huge bumper crop all at once. And so forth. But these winter varieties at least allow you keep them around for awhile so they don't have to be consumed immediately.

Kind of the same way with decorative plants, knowing which varieties will bloom when, etc., so you can have year round color and interest.