Planting the right companions with zucchini helps it grow better, stay healthy, avoid pests naturally, and more. Zucchini grows best near beans, peas, and herbs like basil because they help the plant ...

Every gardener has had the experience of getting all geared up to try something new and exciting—a melon, or a very ...

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 ...

Gardeners who have grown zucchini know that the difference between a bountiful harvest where you can barely keep up with the fruits of your labor and a bust year is properly fertilizing these nutrient ...

March can be shorts and flip-flop weather one day, and the next we’re pulling our thick sweaters back out. It’s a weather ...

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.

Mid-summer in Kentucky is a wonderful time of year, especially if you have a vegetable garden. With the sun still high in the sky and a good set of roots down under, the summer vegetable garden is ...

Zucchini, a type of summer squash that loves warm weather, grows relatively quickly, usually around two months from seed to harvest. That is, if zucchini reaches its full size before pests—aphids, ...