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 ...

RECORD-SETTING GOURD. >> 90 DAYS, YOU’RE GROWING A PLANT. THE NEXT 90 DAYS UP UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER, YOUR GROWING THE FRUIT. JOSH: WE COULD NOT WAIT TO SEE THE LARGEST GOURD IN THE WORLD. WE ...

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 ...

Oct. 21 (UPI) --A Massachusetts man said a prize item from his garden could be headed for the Guinness Book of World Records after he grew a 470.5-pound bushel gourd. Steve Connolly, who has been ...

Sophie gives tips on harvesting and drying gourds. There are lots of different types of ornamental gourds which all dry well, but to store, they must be fully ripe. Don’t harvest them until the vine ...

Gourds are just plain fun–fun to grow and fun to look at. Growing into forms that resemble basketballs, caveman’s clubs, spoons, penguins, bottles, bananas, swans and apples, the fruit of these ...

A Sharon man said he broke a Guinness World Record after his 30-year-long passion project of growing giant pumpkins paid off with a 470.5-pound bushel gourd. Steve Connolly started growing giants ...

At this year’s State Fair of Virginia, it wasn’t just giant pumpkin and watermelons varieties that won accolades. Blue ribbons were awarded for an extra-large bushel gourd, a hefty long gourd, a giant ...

Gourds are hard-shelled, non-edible fruits related to pumpkins and squashes. There are 975 species of gourds, with common types including bottle and snake gourds. Gourds are mainly used for decoration ...

When a coworker brought in a bushel basket filled with gourds, the Features Department thought it would be fun to name the gourds with punny titles. See if you can guess the correct names.

Each year when fall comes around, flocks of people seek out a nearby farm to pick apples, pumpkins and the like. With Halloween and Thanksgiving just around the corner, it's that time of year when ...