Harvesting Winter Squash + Dealing with DISEASED Plants 

Great tip to wash your hands after handling diseased plants before going to another plant. Another thing that should be done is to clean your pruners before using it on any other plant to keep from spreading the disease. 😊

Jill, why I love watching your videos is because you're so upbeat, fun and educational. Thanks for another great video.

Superbe vidéo bravo 👍 👍 👍 A bientôt 😊 😊 😊 😊

Cut acorn squash in half remove seeds put some butter and brown sugar in the center and bake 350 or so for half hour/45 min. Check if done and soft by poking with a fork.

Hey, I love that so many people are being encouraged to grow and that you emphasize growing things you’ll actually use! However I did want to say that powdery mildew shouldn’t make gardeners panic. It’s totally safe to compost it if you are hot composting, and even if you are cold composting it’s not really a big deal. The danger of powdery mildew comes from the plants being in damp humid conditions (like you said) and not because they were infected. While you do have to worry about infection with a lot of diseases in the garden, chances are powdery mildew is present in most places and just waiting for the right conditions. You do want to deal with it when it is present, but it shouldn’t be something that causes you to panic. Hope this doesn’t come across as negative or condescending, I just think that when it comes to diseases there can be so much fear and people will often rush to pull something out at the first sign of disease and miss out on harvesting from it. I do think your decision to pull it out was appropriate though!

Acorn squash is also beautiful when cut around the equator in about half to one inch slices. The rings look like 🌺 flowers. Just roast the slices for a delicious side dish.

You can roast and then stuff the acorn squash with whatever your family likes. It is so good! The spaghetti squash can also be stuffed, or you can use it as a replacement for regular pasta.

Be sure to wipe your squash off with white vinegar before storing. I go a step further and dip the stem in vinegar as well.

Spaghetti squash will absolutely ripen off the vine! I live in Alberta, Canada and my season is sometimes less than 90 days. Sadly, I usually have to pick the majority of my squash when they're still green. They still taste much better than store-bought tho IMO. Great job on a beautiful harvest my friend

Thanks for sharing your day and enthusiasm with us Jill!

I'm not sure about spaghetti squash specifically, but I'm assuming it's the same as pumpkins, you can harvest them when they start blushing and as long as you keep them in a sunny spot, they will finish ripening.

We love to cut the squash in half and wrap in foil over the fire pit. Love you all, give my girlies a hug from grandma.

You can eat unripened ones too. You cannot store them but eat them like zucchini.

I loooooooove acorn squash!!! I always roast them in the oven with butter and brown sugar, then I make a rice stuffing for them. Try it... 😋

We got so many spaghetti squash one year, I would never grow again. We couldn't eat and donate all of them. Though delicious you can only eat so many.

I can’t wait to hear an update on if they ripen! We struggle with squash borers here in Texas and I feel like I am always picking my winter squash earlier than I should be!

My brother made a creamed soup. Squash/pumpkin! It was amazing!

Love the Winter squash. I split the acorn squash in half, gut out the seeds, make a small slice off of the rib making it wabble the put a pat of butter in the middle and a little brown sugar, maple syrup or honey. Roast u til the flesh is soft. My mom use to stuff hers with a sausage mix. I roast the spaghetti squash, shred it and I've added some baked breaded chicken, sauce and mozzarella for semi healthy chicken parm. So many ways to cook and eat squash

I love eating Acorn Squash! I cut in half poke holes in the outside. Cook upside down in a little bit of water in the bottom of the pan for a good 45mins or so (like you would a potato) and then when done I take out and add butter and brown sugar! 🤤

Very nice. I have so many chores to do. My head is spinning lol

We love dicing up squash with onions and garlic and other yumminess we might have in the veg drawer (carrots, celery, peppers, bok choy stalks) and make hash. We eat this on its own or with eggs or sausages for breakfast, brunch or breakfast for dinner.

You may already know this ..cut spaghetti squash in 1/2 to 1inch rings .. olive oil salt and pepper.. oven roast.. flip when golden on bottom side..the caramelization tastes better than "wet- ish" baked squash.

I love roasting acorn squash but sometimes when I get home from work I'm too lazy to cut it up so I have started cooking in instant pot. Use a sharp knife and just poke a few times into the squash butternut or acorn then put into the pot with a cup of water then set pressure cooker on 29 minutes and cook. They turn out great!

That type of grass needs to be dug up and not pulled as if there is just one root left it will be right back. I have it too and its a thug!

Nice! I've been watching Little Mountain Ranch, who's in a shorter growing season, and she usually has to pick squash early due to impending frost, that aren't quite ripe, and ripens them in sunny windows . Seems to work well! Also I had a few last year I ripened inside too 😊

I think you will enjoy the acorn squash. I roast mine with olive oil, salt and pepper. Sometimes I roast it with butter and brown sugar.

We always love a simple halved acorn squash. Just half em' flip up inside down in about a quarter inch of water, and put em in the oven for 35-40 minutes until the water is gone. take them out flip up inside up and sprinkle with cinnamon. It's our favorite for acorn and butternut. I have 2 little honeynut squash that I tried this year, we'll be cooking those in the next couple days. mmmmm squash

I have a great recipe for stuffed acorn squash that has a South American flavor! While you can really stuff them with just about any flavor combinations you like, it’s always nice to try combinations from other cultures.

Thanks Jill for this great video and tips! MIgardener has an excellent video on how to know when your winter squash is ready to harvest...it helped me a lot when first learning about harvesting winter squash.

Happy Friday Jill. 😊😊

When is the garlic shipping to zone 7? I got all the rest of my garlic from other places and I saw you planting your garlic. It should be planted 2 weeks before a freeze and I am not going to have enough time.

Acorn pancakes?! Please enlighten me!

Hi Joe I am in Oklahoma you’re Gardner ADC crop of onions last year but I also didn’t get them in the ground until very late spring I’m curious we are close to the same growing zone what time of year do you plant your onions and approximate time that you order them in order to get them in time to plant but not too early so that they dry out

What can I do for cucumber beetles? I've never had them. I'm squishing them as I find them. I think I still have time in Texas 8b for them to finish out the months with good night time temps. If you want to try a fabulous winter squash, I am dumbstruck over the Cherokee Tan/Seminole Pumpkins. It is absolutely delicious! The sweetest I've ever grown. I had to battle squash bugs all summer but got an abundance and it was worth it.

Girl, I'm in n.w. AR and squash bugs ravaged every plant this year. How did you protect yours?

Yeah also piggy. Food

What if frost comes before the winter squash stems are brown? You gotta harvest them before a frost, right? But if the stems aren’t brown, they won’t store for very long...what do you do?

What type of spaghetti squash are those?? They sure look different than any spaghetti squash that I have grown over the years! Happy gardening and have a wonderful day!!