Gourds, a staple in global cuisines, offer versatility and health benefits. Long and round gourds, both known as bottle gourds or lauki, share a mild flavour and high water content. While ...

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 ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A California engineer and gardening enthusiast won the top prize at an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd ...

A California engineer and gardening enthusiast won the top prize at an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,346 pounds (1,064 ...

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HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A California engineer and gardening enthusiast won the top prize at an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd ...

THERE’S SOMETHING about the Milford Pumpkin Festival that feels like coming home, whether you’ve lived in town all your life or just moved in, revelers said of the three-day festival that ended Sunday ...

Santa Rosa gardener Brandon Dawson, whose pumpkin lost last year's weigh-off in Half Moon Bay by a scant six pounds, found redemption on Monday with a 2,346-pound gourd that won the top prize.

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 ...