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Sophie King

This is my favourite squash to grow in a small garden — it's fun, easy to grow and will bag you loads of harvests

Patty pan squash plant, tomato plants and lettuce plants in small raised vegetable bed next to trellis in garden.

Squashes have always been on my grow-your-own bucket list, and a few years ago, I decided to give them a go.

At the time, I had a small raised bed, about two metres square. I needed a variety that would suit a small garden, and I stumbled across a rather unique type: the patty pan squash. It was a real winner — not only was it easy to grow, but it produced tons of characterful, frilly yellow squashes which we enjoyed over the late summer months.

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