Squash plants are not only prolific producers, but many types, both summer squash and winter squash, also get quite large. Their sprawling vines overwhelm smaller vegetables and other nearby plants.

While winter squash plants are known to take up a lot of space in the garden, here's a selection of more compact varieties ...

Squash is a good source of dietary fibre, and takes up little garden space when grown on a trellis or obelisk I experimented this year with growing several different types of squash and small pumpkins ...

Gardening can be a lot of work, but there are different growing techniques that gardeners can use to help save some work and their back! One of those techniques is using a trellis to grow vining crops ...