Squash seems to have become our signature crop.
The first year of the garden, we harvested 39 butternuts and about 70 acorns. Last year we intentionally planted fewer plants, but we still ended up with a tonne of squash (although I didn’t bother counting them… or at least didn’t record the count).
This year, we’re finally approaching a manageable number. This year’s squash harvest was 35 acorns and 11 butternuts.
Plenty for soups, side dishes and more. (Along with being our signature crop, they’re our signature food that we love to eat). I’m looking forward to trying this for my lunches.
Garden clean out is happening slowly. I pulled all of the vines off of our A-frame trellis and sent them to the compost pile. (I did not do any weeding.)
Weeds or not, I’m calling the centre axis of the garden done for the season (as good as it gets is how we’re rolling this year).
Four quadrants and the perimeter raised beds still to go.
Hopefully I wrap those up before the snow arrives.
Home on 129 Acres 
Great crop, love the way things are kept in garden
Thanks, Susan.
I haven’t branched out any further than spaghetti squash, but now you have me wanting to try some others. That recipe looks so pretty and tasty!
We’re all about the sweet winter squashes. I tried spaghetti squash once (courtesy of the market) and it wasn’t enough to convince us to add it to our garden.
Lovely bountiful harvest! The garden looks so neat and tidy.
The part I’m showing you does!
Ah, gotcha! Lol
G’day Julia, love the article. I have the same problem and end up with too many butternuts. I ended up starting a worm farm and feeding it the excess to them.
That’s our last resort if any don’t keep well in the cold cellar. We try to avoid feeding worms as much as possible!