Foods That Strengthen Your Tendons and Ligaments. The majority of connective tissue consists of a protein known as collagen. In order to make collagen, your body requires vitamin C and the mineral manganese.
Growing Squash. 1  Summer squash are so productive that most gardeners need only a few plants to provide all they need. 2  Winter squash such as butternut are grown in summer for fall harvest and winter storage. 3  This female flower bud (the one to the left) shows a tiny squash between the flower and the stem.
Start winter squash indoors no more than three weeks before it is time to transplant your seedlings outdoors. Older seedlings do not transplant well. Start cucumbers and melons indoors in cooler regions for a better yield, but transplant them gently because their roots do not like to be disturbed.