Whether you serve yours stuffed, roasted, curried, or blended into a warming soup, butternut squash makes for some seriously tasty autumnal dishes. And, as ever, homegrown tastes better than shop-bought – but only if you spend some time researching when to harvest butternut squash for the best possible results.
If you grow your own vegetables, you'll likely already know that butternut squash is easy to grow – especially as you can even plant it directly on the compost heap if you're working with a small vegetable garden! That being said, you'll need to be patient if you're sowing seeds rather than plug plants.
