Visit any farmstand in New York State right now, and you'll see the winter squashes have arrived.
We have a garden, but winter squash doesn't seem to do well. Right now we have one butternut squash plant going, with the grand total of one squash (still immature) on it. I admit we weren't even going to grow them this year but we received several free starts late in the planting season. I talked spouse into growing them because they would otherwise have been thrown out. One survived.
But, for those who have farmstands in the vicinity, the selection is amazing.
Blue hubbard, a variety that's tough to prepare (it must be a member of the black walnut family) but worth the effort. Pro tip: try to find it cut up, as these can run big and heavy. For the two of us, we don't bother.
Pumpkins. Check out these colors. They aren't just for carving.
Orange with warts. Striped.
White.
I've already blogged more than once about Honeynut squashes, a squash I suspect may not make it out of the New York area.
There are striped winter squashes such as Delicata, squashes with similar names but way different personalities (butternut and buttercup - don't confuse them).
These squashes, along with apples, are the kings and queens of fall.
Enjoy.
...I should have a good crop of butternut squash.
ReplyDeleteI love all the decorative pumpkins this time of year.
ReplyDeleteI think you're right about honeynut squash not leaving the NY area.
ReplyDeleteI have pangs of missing Rochester home reading this./Carol C.
ReplyDeleteI'm a squash lover and as a recipe developer, I do love this season.
ReplyDeleteSquash (and related gourds) are so beautiful. Mine are no where near ripe to use as winter squash. If they are what I think they are, they can be summer as well, so I gave a friend some small ones to try. (I don't eat summer squash!)
ReplyDeleteLove the beautiful colors. Sigh. Wish we could bottle fall (and we're not even officially there yet).
ReplyDeleteNormally, I would have a slew of pumpkins now to decorate my Suka. But, given my situation, I am forgoing the suka for the first time in oh,so, many decades
ReplyDeleteOooh! This reminded me I have a large squash to bake for supper! Yummy!
ReplyDeleteI love squash and all the varieties.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you've got a great selection. I've never been a big fan (but I'm way picky anyway).
ReplyDeleteAlana,
ReplyDeleteAre the white pumpkins for cooking or decorating? There are quite a number of varieties and I wouldn't know what to do with most of them, except for a few. I've had butternut squash ans spaghetti squash. What I'd like to do is trying making pumpkin pie with fresh pumpkin. That's something I have yet to do. Great fall photos!