Unlike traditional cantaloupes, these small, peach-sized melons have a low sugar content and a dull, bland flavor. These heirloom melons were historically grown to be pickled or preserved, not eaten raw. Vine peach plants usually grow about 1 foot tall, with vines that extend up to 10 feet long.
Squash block materials: A lumber. squash block is a 2 x 4 or 2 x 6 lumber. block that is oriented with the grain of. the wood running parallel to the vertical. axis of the web of the joist. The squash. block is cut just slightly longer than the I-. joist is deep, usually 1/16 inch longer.
The SFG book recommends a 3 foot by 3 foot space for zucchini or yellow squash. I set up my first SFG this year, and somewhere between the back door and the garden spot I forgot the spacing, so I just put each one in a single square (luckily at corners). This has turned out to be a Bad Thing.