STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Now trending in the gourd grower’s garden — cucuzza, a hit parade of vines, tendrils and edible squash. Cucuzza -- aka “gagootz” -- is an aggressive creeper that yields baseball ...

When you're working with a small yard or garden, growing vegetables may seem like it'd take up too much space. Luckily, there's a delicious vegetable that'll help make container gardening your new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Squash plants are not only prolific producers, but many types, both summer squash and winter squash, also get quite large. Their ...

Squash is a simple crop to grow, but for high yields a little knowledge goes a long way. First off, pumpkins, zucchini, summer squash, and winter squash are all culinary terms that tell us how they ...

There are green and yellow zucchini plus their dradle-shaped, relatives -- petite and delicate Patty Pans. But the squash family's over-sized cugini, the cucuzza, might well be the mother of all ...

As all the old jokes about country people not locking their doors except during zucchini season imply, growing squash can be a little too easy. And while figuring out what to do with the overabundance ...

Waterford — For gardeners Vic Spinnato and his cousin, Nick Muscarella, their garden on Mackenzie Road produced a big surprise this year. A nearly 5-foot Italian Cucuzza squash, also known as a ...