My butternut squash experiment was a success!

[jpak]

I saved some from last year's garden just to see how long they would last.

Opened 2 up this morning - both were perfect - baked them - delish!

My goal is to be able to grow all my own food and eat fresh fruits and veggies all year long.

Unfortunately, the fucking deer ate all of my 2 dozen squash plants, AND my carrots and my beets and my elderberries.

Putting up a fence next year....

[rampartc]

1. i should try a winter squash

zuchinni this year but sometines I plant crook necks and occasionally patte pan (my wife's favorite. I don't have a lot of room for melons/squash things. (are squash bugs a problem for you?)

[jpak]

4. No squash bugs - sometimes Japanese beetles

BT takes care of them.

[Ohiogal]

2. How did you store them?

I have a fence around my garden and a fence around my yard! One year a groundhog ate my beautiful broccoli plants clear down to the ground!

[jpak]

3. In an open Tupperware tub at room temperature

Of the original 5, 3 made it.

My woodchuck got all my brussels sprouts last year - the day before I was going to harvest and freeze them.

[SWBTATTReg]

5. Surprised that the deer ate your elderberries...I thought that these were very poisonous until...

cooked etc. Perhaps the deer are immune to the poison? I'll have to try growing some next year (butternut sq)...sounds really good now that you mentioned it!