Fun Fact: Winter Squash Harvesting

I learned something new and interesting at the Clement Street Farmers’ Market today: all winter squash is harvested in September (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere), and stored until sold or eaten.  This is great news if there are no farmers’ markets where you live.  You can just make one car trip to a squash farm to buy a winter’s worth of squash, and then store it yourself.  You might even be able to negotiate a discount for buying a large quantity.