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 ...

Ornamental gourds are the colorful stars of autumn. With their extraordinary shapes and vibrant colors, they create a fall atmosphere in the garden, on the balcony, or as table decorations. myHOMEBOOK ...

Since then, Dickie has become one of the top gourd growers in the industry, planting anywhere from 4-12 acres of gourds each year. The Martins plant around 15 different varieties of gourds and Dickie ...

Ornamental gourds are the colorful stars of autumn. With their extraordinary shapes and vibrant colors, they create a fall atmosphere in the garden, on the balcony, or as table decorations. myHOMEBOOK ...

This is the season when autumnal displays surround us. Decorative gourds seem to appear overnight, as if beamed down from an alien spacecraft: striped, speckled, warted, and winged. Bright bursts of ...

Nubbly, bubbly, and slightly homely, some gourds aren’t good to eat but make perfect seasonal decorations for autumn celebrations. It would be entirely possible and fun to set a fall table with all ...

(WGHP) — We grow some of our own vegetables. We grow flowers. But there’s something else you can grow to use in the bathtub. Loofah gourds can be peeled, dried, and then used to exfoliate dead skin.

I got an email a few years ago in early December as well as a question from a friend at the pool about saving gourd seeds. “Is it OK to eat squash that has mixed traits of different squash in the same ...