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This Waltham-type butternut squash has been regionally adapted to Southern Appalachia over the last 15 years by Matt Wallace. Growing in an organic, low-till environment in Madison County, Matt has acted as a dedicated tender of this crop, selecting for plants that thrive without irrigation and successfully fend off insects and disease.
The results are a heavy-cropping squash with exceptionally sweet flesh and excellent storage qualities. Matt regularly receives feedback from friends and customers praising their superior sweetness and flavor. When properly stored, these squash easily last until the following spring, with some even keeping into the summer – nearly a full year of storage!
Direct seed or transplant May-June with 2-3 ft between plants.
Matt Wallace, Rabbit Den Farm, Marshall, NC
Matt has been seed saving and organizing seed swaps in WNC for 15+ years. He is involved with a group that stewards 3 seed libraries in Madison County and is working towards creating a countywide (or perhaps WNC-wide) seed savers network to coordinate seed saving and sharing efforts for community use. He also grows seeds commercially and runs a plant nursery. Located in Marshall, North Carolina, Rabbit Den Farm is an ecologically driven plant nursery and mixed vegetable farm with a focus on fall storage crops and heirloom corn.
