These are bottle gourds, but I call them people gourds – the craftsmen paint people or rabbits on them. Apple gourds look like apples. Pumpkin gourds – people paint them orange to look like a pumpkin ...

Note: This story was changed to fix an error. See correction at bottom. PERRYSVILLE − Visitors from all over the area are urged to visit Forbes Farm Market, just ...

You may have seen that gourds can grow into some pretty wacky shapes, but did you know that they can actually be intentionally molded as well? The Gourd Project, an initiative begun by designer Jun ...

Over the last three years, New Gloucester’s Aaron Letourneau has given over most of his garden to gourds. He loves their history: one of the world’s oldest cultivated plants, dating back 13,000 years, ...

Goetze: A low-growing plant found in the prairies of our Rolling Plains is easily overlooked until you approach it from ...

Each fall, as grocery stores and garden centers pile up mountains of orange pumpkins, it’s easy to forget the diverse gourd family. Pumpkins might be the headliners, but they’re not the only stars in ...

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 ...

Hey there, fellow Americans. It’s fall, and I think it’s time we had a talk about your autumnal gourd addiction. If I’m being honest, it’s gotten out of hand. You can’t throw a squash this time of ...