A smiling senior woman harvesting and holding a large zucchini. - Marina Tikhonova/Getty Images Arriving at mid to late spring means it's finally time to plant your Cucurbita pepo, otherwise known as ...

Many vining garden plants put out male flowers first. Squash, melon, and cucumbers all do this. You can tell the flowers are male because they have a stem. Female flowers are stemless, and you may see ...

Zucchini flowers are a summertime delicacy. Each year, when they begin to bloom, I’ll walk barefoot through the garden soil, wet with dew, and snip off the blossoms that lie open to the morning sun.

Neither rain, nor hail, nor wind, nor cold, nor Japanese beetles can deter or conquer my zucchini plants! No matter what Mother Nature throws at them, they are survivors and, in my opinion, should ...

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 ...

Zucchini plants are so prolific that August 8th has been declared National Sneak Zucchini onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day. Though zucchini is one the easiest and most rewarding crops to grow, knowing ...

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 ...