Just look at these butternut squashes!!  

 

We planted seeds next to the tomato cages, for the squash vines to climb.  Those two-liter bottles are to deep water the tomatoes. And the squashes are planted on the north side of the tomato cages.  Don't want them blocking the sun with their big, fat leaves.  But we definitely want them to grow and give us butternuts.  We eat them all winter:  stuffed with everything,  butternut squash soup, and "pumpkin" bread.  

 

We have figured out that butternut squash makes delicious "pumpkin" bread.  We peel, cube and steam the squash (about 15 minutes,) then mash it.  It's like pumpkin, only denser, and a little sweeter.  My recipe for pumpkin bread is in the recipe section of the website, just substitute butternut for the pumpkin.

 

I will show you these beautiful squashes again when they are ready for harvest.  They turn a gorgeous pinky beige.  Meanwhile, I will keep taking care of them, guiding them up the cages, and keeping the squash bugs away.

 

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!