Check out our Butternut squashes.  You can see that the one in the foreground is still not ripe, but the one behind it is almost ready.  It's getting pink.

 

This picture also tells another good squash story:  See the yellow squash blossom?  Well, squash blossoms are edible.  They are really good stuffed with rice, and sautéed.  Well, when I first heard that they are edible, I thought, why would I eat the blossom when I can wait a while and get a whole squash?  Well, here's the thing:  there are male blossoms and female blossoms.  Jon said, how can you tell?  The male blossoms have long stems, and the female blossoms have tiny squashes just below the flower.  So, to answer my own question:  You eat the male blossoms and leave the female ones to grow into squashes.  That way you get BOTH!!!

 

I really love planting squashes on the north side of the tomato cages.  That way they can grow up and be off the ground, without shading the tomatoes.  

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!