Sowing, growing and harvesting Hunter butternut squash
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Get sowing
Get growing
Harvest time
Grub's up!
Tip of the day
Put copper wire around your pots and veg and slugs keep away.
Lee and Connor, Plymouth
Further Links
- BBC Gardening Basics: Growing Squash
- BBC Gardening: Seeds and gardening with children
- BBC Gardening: Growing vegetables
- BBC Bloom: Climate-friendly gardening
- Woman's Hour: What to do with Squash
- BBC Indian Food Made Easy: Butternut squash curry
- BBC Food: Roasted butternut squash and sage risotto with pine nuts
- Royal Horticultural Society: Sowing, growing and harvesting squash
- Eat The Seasons: Information on butternut squash
- National Vegetable Society: Butternut squash
- Garden Organic: Comprehensive guide and advice to growing organically
- All About Liverpool: an allotment holder's blog on growing squash from seeds
- The vegetable Expert: Growing squash
- Royal Horticultural Society: Recipe for squash fondue
