crookneck squash


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Noun1.crookneck squash - yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skincrookneck squash - yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin
yellow squash - squash having yellow skin and yellowish flesh and usually elongated neck
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Smooth-surfaced gourds with long necks, such as 'Golden Cushaw' winter squash or a fully mature crookneck squash (typically grown as a summer squash), make lightweight darning tools--and you could grow enough in a single season to have a gourd for every pair of socks you darn!
We also dice and can summer crookneck squash. Summer produce and herbs allow us to make relish, which we also can in pint jars.
Because we got a late start on planting spring and summer crops, we were thankful for the bed of crookneck squash, sweet banana peppers, yellow pole beans, cucumbers along climbing vines and seed potatoes that grew well enough to harvest.
Bushes Bunches also sells summer squash, green zucchini, yellow zucchini, crookneck squash, onions, carrots, kale, collards, Swiss chard, celery, pickling and English cucumbers, golden and red beets, radishes, dill, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, spinach, arugula, romaine lettuce, red leaf and green leaf lettuce, and red and green tomatoes.
chunks 2 medium fennel bulbs, stalks trimmed, fronds saved for garnish, and bulbs very thinly sliced 1 crookneck squash, cut into 1 1/2-in.
The sunny burst of ubiq--uitous yellow crookneck squash in gardens and farmers markets is a welcome sign of summer.
Mauck and colleagues at Penn State uncovered the deception by testing yellow crookneck squash. Cotton aphids that were forced to feed on sick plants didn't reproduce as well as those eating healthy plants.
All squash flowers are edible, from acorn to patty pan squash to crookneck squash ...
The third is colorful mixture of sliced yellow crookneck squash, red Anaheim and Fresno Chiles, and more garlic and yellow onion.
1 medium crookneck squash, unpeeled, ends trimmed, and cut into 3/8-inch slices
Their bright orange crookneck squash is a good bush variety for outdoor growing, as well as the pure yellow pear tomato.
* Yellow crookneck squash First planted for commercial use in 1995, the Freedom II squash from Asgrow was spliced with genes from two plant viruses to build resistance to those viruses and increase yields.