Watch Your Garden Grow Winter Squash Information on the many varieties, tips on growing them and recipes for using them. Winter squash is a warmseason vegetable that can be grown in most of the country. It differs from summer squash in that it is harvested and eaten in the mature fruit stage, when the seeds within have matured fully and the skin has hardened into a tough rind. When ripened to this stage, fruits of most varieties can be stored for use throughout the winter.

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