Another word for experience. noun. Personal knowledge derived from participation or observation: verb. To participate in or partake of personally: feel, go through, have, know, meet1 (with), see, suffer, taste (of), undergo.
Step 2. Harvest winter squash in the autumn when the vines begin to decline and before autumn frosts occur. Mature winter squash vegetables are heavy and hard. Press your thumbnail into the outer rind and if the rind does not give to the pressure of your nail, the squash is mature.
Summer squash like zucchini, straight neck and crookneck squash grow on compact bushes instead of the traditional vines of winter squash. Although plants are large, sometimes sprawling to 3 to 4 feet and reaching heights of 3 or more feet, once they reach maturity the plant ceases growing and sets fruit.