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.
To cure, winter squash and. pumpkin are held for 10 days at 80Â° to 85Â°F and 80 percent. relative humidity. Winter squash and pumpkins are stored. at 50Â° to 55Â°F and 50 to 75 percent relative humidity. Acorn. squash can be stored up to two months and butternut squash. and pumpkin for two to three months.