Harvesting Storing and Using Winter Squash

This insightful article on harvesting, storing and using Winter Squash will help a homesteader to have squash long into the winter months. Winter squash comes in varieties that has staggering diversity of fruit size, shape and color.

Winter squash can be harvested whenever the fruits have turned a deep, solid color and the skin is hard.  Most of the crop is harvested in September or October, before heavy frosts hit the planting area.  When cutting squash from the vine, two inches of stem should remain attached if possible. Information on harvesting and storing winter squash is from Homespun Seasonal Living.

Here are a few of my favorite recipes using different varieties of winter squash:

• Macaroni and Cheese with Butternut Squash … (Click here for recipe)

• Pumpkin Pie Brownies … (Click here for recipe)

• Baked Sriracha Butternut Squash Fries … (Click here for recipe)

• Butternut Squash & Caramelized Onion Flatbread … (Click here for recipe)

• Roasted Butternut Squash with Green Apples and Candied Walnuts … (Click here for recipe)

Click here to read about Harvesting, Storing, and Using Winter Squash:

http://homespunseasonalliving.com/harvesting-storing-using-winter-squash/
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Click here to read a quick guide to a collection of Winter Squash:

http://www.foodsubs.com/Squash.html