Where to find the blooms? This year on Staten Island squash blossoms have come into bloom starting in late June. If you don't have them in a garden or can't harvest yourself, find them at the ...

So this recipe for stuffed fried zucchini blossoms is aimed ... you want to keep the squash from overrunning your garden, harvest the female flowers. How can you tell the girls from the boys?

And pick them in the morning, when they’re open; they’ll close up tight come mid-afternoon, becoming stuffing-challenged. Whether from your garden or a farmer ... “My Mexican cooks’ quesadillas. They ...

which ones to pick (I found references to male and female blossoms). Given the popularity of squash plants in Sacramento-area gardens, I bet there are other people who would be interested in ...

Dip the flowers in the batter, give them a twirl to get rid of any excess batter, and fry them in hot oil until they’re crunchy--just two or three minutes. That’s just one idea. How to choose ...

Stuff edible squash blossoms with cheese, garlic or jalapeno pepper and batter-fry ... to choose males because only a few are needed for pollination and females are best left in the garden to ...

In addition to what goes into the garden, we must consider how we garden.

Hot take: Just about everything tastes better fried ... baskets of bright orange blossoms.” Frankly, it makes us want to explore a whole world of potential “garden to frialator” foods.

Attracts bees. Grows 8 to 12 inches. Chinese house (Collinsia heterophylla): White and purple flowers. “California Native Plants for the Garden” authors recommend combining them with poppies ...