Charli1
Golden Chicken
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Anyone else plant winter squash (butternut, acorn)? We have it coming in by the dozens right now. What can I do with it? Do you freeze it, can it?
jjp8182
Farm Hand
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It can be frozen, or even easier it can just be left in a cool dry place after the skin has hardened. Winter squashes are one of those crop types that are intended to be an easy long storage crop ..... much like the various root crops (e.g. potatoes, onions)
More info can be found here: Storing Winter Squash | Curing Winter Squash Tips | Bonnie Plants
and here: https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/freeze/squash_winter.html
More info can be found here: Storing Winter Squash | Curing Winter Squash Tips | Bonnie Plants
and here: https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/freeze/squash_winter.html
Gardenry
Farm Hand
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I've never bothered to preserve squash because it's so easy to grow, and we eat so much of it during its harvest season that we all need a break. I don't like to waste food though, so I give a ton of it away and I feed the rest to my chickens and goats. Chickens will happily peck at a squash and I toss them in whole. I feed squash seeds to my goats because they supposedly might have deworming properties.