Sep. 28—Weighing in at 215 pounds, a bushel gourd grown by Keys High School student Tucker Friend recently beat the state record at the Oklahoma Giant Pumpkin Growers Weigh-off event. With a passion ...

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 ...

SHARON – Steve Connolly, Sharon’s renowned large pumpkin grower took first place honors for growing a different type of vegetable last weekend. Connolly’s 245-lb bushel gourd was declared the winner ...

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 ...

(Author's note: When I started writing this column 26 years ago — oh, yes, before the turn of the century — it was only to be a few months in the summer. But seeing that gardening was becoming very ...

Mention gourds and you may get a chuckle from your friends. Perhaps all they can think of are small warty versions marketed each fall for seasonal decorations. Or maybe they remember time spent ...

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 ...

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 ...