Courgette plant growing in a container. Pot grown Cucurbita pepo 'Defender' courgette ready for harvesting This summer, I committed to growing more vegetables from scratch and settled on experimenting ...

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 ...

There never seems to be the right amount of courgettes – you either have too few or too many. But they are popular, fairly easy to grow and, I think, delicious. So it seems churlish to complain about ...

It just isn't summer without zucchini in the garden. However, these delicious vegetables can take up a lot of valuable real estate—unless you grow them in containers. Growing zucchini in containers ...

Courgettes are straightforward to sow and grow at home, but this refreshing green vegetable must be timed right to be successful. Late spring is the ideal time to begin potting up the small seeds, but ...

Pumpkins and squashes can be sensitive things, for all their huge size, and in a cold summer will obstinately refuse to grow, sulking in the vegetable plot, surrounded by the yards of bare soil they ...