Luffa gourds, also spelt as loofahs, are a versatile vegetable that you can grow in your kitchen garden. These gourds belong to the same family as cucumbers and can get quite big if provided proper ...

Did you know that you can grow your own all-natural, luxurious bath sponges, right in your backyard garden? You don't need to spend a lot of money to buy them from a high-end boutique. If you wonder ...

One-month-old gourd plants grow in the field. FALLBROOK, Calif. — Welburn Gourd Farm was originally homesteaded in the 1880s and today is the largest gourd farm in production in the country, according ...

Can fences build friendships? On Portland Road, an army of bottleneck gourds hanging on a vine over a fence has woven a ...

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 ...

Growing bitter gourd, or karela at home is surprisingly simple, even if you only have a small balcony. It is a fast-growing, ...

Pumpkins are members of the cucurbit family, which means they are related to cucumbers, watermelons, squash—both summer and winter squash, and gourds. You can find a wide assortment of pumpkins, ...

As pumpkin spice season sets in, a family in Virginia is celebrating their recent success in growing giant pumpkins. Inspired by a display of massive pumpkins they saw on a trip to Dollywood, a family ...

It’s October and the spooky season is upon us. Yards are decorated, kids are figuring out their costumes and it’s all things pumpkin. Pumpkin spice is in full swing. Here in Bismarck, Papa’s Pumpkin ...