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.
Roast butternut squash at a high temperature. After trying a few different oven temperatures, weâve settled on 425 degrees F. The squash becomes tender and the edges get a chance to brown a little. If youâre roasting something else, say chicken, at the same time you do have some leeway.