This week's gardening column also addresses a reader concerned that caterpillars have feasted on their catalpa tree leaves.
Some things are worth waiting for, like these tasty fall vegetables that can be harvested right up to the first frost—and beyond.
Butternut squash is ready to harvest when the skin turns from green to a deep beige. The rind will be hard—if you press your fingernail into the squash, it shouldn't leave a mark. Vines will be dying ...
Butternut squash is ready to harvest in the fall. Here's how to know when it's ripe to pick from the garden, store and cure ...
The recent cold snap — with widespread frost and even a freeze in some spots in Vermont — likely marked the end of the season for pumpkins and winter squash.