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["Lisa K.V. Perry" <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>]

I always thought butternut was a winter squash and should be planted later.
I think of summer squash just as the various zucchini, eight-ball, patty pan
and crookneck.

What I am struggling with learning is when to plant what.

I recently started a few kinds of pumpkins and a few winter squash. One you
that James didn't mention is a variety called Uncle David's Dessert Squash.
It's like a blocky shaped butternut, sort of. But is supposed to be sweeter
and excellent for pies (hence the name), to the point where sugar is not
necessary. I'll let you know.

In our compost, we have three volunteer squash growing - amazingly enough,
all different varieties. One is a pumpkin, one might be Uncle David's and
the other is still a complete mystery. I didn't have the heart to pull or
relocate them, but decided to let nature do its thing.

Do you all keep compost volunteers or do better by not allowing seed to get
in the compost in the first place?