In the 1960s, author and future Cosmopolitan magazine Editor Helen Gurley Brown scandalized the country with her book about independent single women called “Sex and the Single Girl.” Taking a page from Ms. Brown, we can have a discussion about “Sex and the Single Squash.” Here, we can talk about plant floral structure and reproduction and its effect on fruit production and even seed saving. A true discussion of the “birds and the bees” if you will.… Continue reading this article “Sex and the Single Squash: A study in plant sex, sexuality, reproduction, and seed saving”