Many vegetable gardeners look for new crops or new varieties of crops they have experience growing to add to their garden. And this is the time of year when gardeners start to think about how they ...

Shaped like an oversized apple, these hard-shelled gourds (Lagenaria siceraria) grow six to eight inches tall and four to six inches across. In India, young fruit is added to curries. The skin is ...

Most gourds are unpalatable. They have virtually no use beyond being novel. They can be frustrating to grow and cure, and the vines take up a lot of garden space, not to mention water. Why bother? "It ...

Growing your own gourds? Follow these tips: - Plant gourds where they will receive a full day’s sun. - Gourd vines are long. Some can reach several hundred feet. Train vines onto fences or trellises ...

BOISE, Idaho — Garden master Jim Duthie shows us something different that you might want to consider growing next year. Gourds! They’re members of the squash family, and for the most part, people ...

Seeing the variety of beautiful and colorful pumpkins and gourds offered for sale at various roadside stands and other markets this time of year might make you wonder if you could grow a few beautiful ...

FALLBROOK, Calif. — Welburn Gourd Farm was originally homesteaded in the 1880s and today is the largest gourd farm in production in the country, according to the new owner, Jaime Weber. “The Welburn ...

Pumpkins and gourds can take anywhere from 90-120 days to mature (with the larger varieties taking longer), so in order to have them ready in time for Halloween or Thanksgiving, you will want to start ...

When Deb Brill buys supplies for her hobby, she stands in the middle of a gourd patch where she examines them carefully and envisions the pieces of art she will create. There are numerous gourds of ...

FOND DU LAC COUNTY, Wis. (WLUK) -- With Halloween approaching, many people are looking for that perfect pumpkin, maybe even a giant pumpkin. But one grower is taking it to another level. In a small ...

Time lapse video of growing calabash bottle gourd plant from seed to harvest. The seed was germinated and planted in a ...