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 ...

BLOOMING VALLEY — Blooming Valley’s Quinn Werner isn’t your garden variety retiree. Putting his green thumb to the test, Werner spent the past year growing gourds, marrow, tomatoes, squash and giant ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dittmer artist Betty Davis searches her garden for the right canvas. A long-handle dipper gourd becomes a turtle with many ...

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 ...